The Spider and the Fly
The Spider and the Fly

Information

Release DateDecember 1, 1949
Runtime1h 34m
StatusReleased
ProductionJ. Arthur Rank Organisation, Mayflower Productions
LanguagesEnglish
6.8
7 votes
Popularity3

The Spider and the Fly

"A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!"

Synopsis

"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

Cast & Crew

Director

Robert Hamer
Robert Hamer

Featured Cast

Eric Portman

Eric Portman

Fernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

Guy Rolfe

Philippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

Nadia Gray

Madeleine Saincaize

George Cole

George Cole

Marc, detective

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Belfort, the pickpocket

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