The Spider and the Fly (1949)

12/01/1949 (GB) • 1h 34m

Crime, Thriller

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

Top Billed Cast

Eric Portman

Fernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

Philippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

Madeleine Saincaize

George Cole

Marc, detective

Harold Lang

Belfort, the pickpocket

Edward Chapman

Minister for War

Maurice Denham

Colonel de la Roche

John Carol

Jean Louis / Alfred Louis


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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