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The Spider and the Fly

A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!
1949 • HD • 94min
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Story
"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
Credits
Robert Hamer photo
Robert Hamer
director
Eric Portman photo
Eric Portman
Fernand Maubert
Guy Rolfe photo
Guy Rolfe
Philippe Lodocq
Nadia Gray photo
Nadia Gray
Madeleine Saincaize
George Cole photo
George Cole
Marc, detective
Harold Lang photo
Harold Lang
Belfort, the pickpocket
Edward Chapman photo
Edward Chapman
Minister for War
Maurice Denham photo
Maurice Denham
Colonel de la Roche
May Hallatt photo
May Hallatt
Monique
Arthur Lowe photo
Arthur Lowe
Town Clerk
Sebastian Cabot photo
Sebastian Cabot
Prefect
Jeremy Spenser photo
Jeremy Spenser
Jacques
John Salew photo
John Salew
Minister's Secretary
James Hayter photo
James Hayter
Mayor
Hal Osmond photo
Hal Osmond
Swiss Taxi Driver
Alastair Hunter photo
Alastair Hunter
Watchman at Legation

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