Movie Description
The Spider and the Fly
(1949)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
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Hamer
- Producer : Aubrey Baring
- Editor : Seth Holt
- Cast : Eric Portman,Guy Rolfe,Nadia Gray,George Cole,Harold Lang,Edward Chapman,Maurice Denham,John Carol,May Hallatt,Arthur Lowe,Sebastian Cabot,Jeremy Spenser,Madge Brindley,Hattie Jacques,John Salew,James Hayter,Keith Pyott,Natasha Sokolova,Philip Stainton,Hal Osmond,Alastair Hunter,Gerald Andersen,Andreas Malandrinos,Charles Paton,Dido Plumb,Iris Vandeleur,Patrick Young
Cast
Fernand Maubert
Philippe Lodocq
Madeleine Saincaize
Marc, detective
Belfort, the pickpocket
Minister for War
Colonel de la Roche
Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
Monique
Town Clerk
Prefect
Jacques
Jacques' Grandmother
Barmaid (uncredited)
Minister's Secretary
Mayor
Father Pletsier
Nicole Porte
Café Manager
Swiss Taxi Driver
Watchman at Legation
Coding Clerk (uncredited)
Bank Watchman (uncredited)
Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Captain le Maitre
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Facts
Original TitleThe Spider and the Fly
Status Released
Release Information
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1949-12-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 34m
Production CompaniesJ. Arthur Rank Organisation,Mayflower Productions
Genres
- Crime
- Thriller
