The Spider and the Fly (1949)

  • NR
  • 12/01/1949 (GB)
  • Crime, Thriller
  • 1h 34m

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

Robert Hamer

Director

Robert Westerby

Screenplay

Cast

Eric Portman's headshot

Eric Portman

Fernand Maubert
Guy Rolfe's headshot

Guy Rolfe

Philippe Lodocq
Nadia Gray's headshot

Nadia Gray

Madeleine Saincaize
George Cole's headshot

George Cole

Marc, detective
Harold Lang's headshot

Harold Lang

Belfort, the pickpocket
Edward Chapman's headshot

Edward Chapman

Minister for War
Maurice Denham's headshot

Maurice Denham

Colonel de la Roche
John Carol's headshot

John Carol

Jean Louis / Alfred Louis

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