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01/12/1949 Crime, Thriller 1h 34m
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A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!

Overview

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

  1. Robert Hamer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Eric Portman

    Fernand Maubert

  2. Guy Rolfe

    Philippe Lodocq

  3. Nadia Gray

    Madeleine Saincaize

  4. George Cole

    Marc, detective

  5. Harold Lang

    Belfort, the pickpocket

  6. Edward Chapman

    Minister for War

  7. Maurice Denham

    Colonel de la Roche

  8. John Carol

    Jean Louis / Alfred Louis

  9. May Hallatt

    Monique

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
Were it not for the the totally wooden efforts of the very tall Guy Rolfe ("Lodocq") this could have been a really good little crime drama. As it is, though, it's still a good story with two distinct parts - the first sees police chief "Maubert" (Eric Portman) trying to apprehend a successful safe-cracker, the second sees him team up with his erstwhile nemesis to work together to thwart the Bosch in France during the early stages of the Great War. Good sharp writing, tensely directed with enjoyable contributions from Nadia Gray ("Madeleine"), Edward Chapman as the no nonsense Interior Minister...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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