The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly (1949)

A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!

  • Genre: Crime, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1949-12-01
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: J. Arthur Rank Organisation
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Robert Hamer
star 6.8/10
From 7 Ratings

Summary

"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

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  • Eric Portman

    as Fernand Maubert
  • Guy Rolfe

    as Philippe Lodocq
  • Nadia Gray

    as Madeleine Saincaize
  • George Cole

    as Marc, detective
  • Harold Lang

    as Belfort, the pickpocket
  • Edward Chapman

    as Minister for War
  • Maurice Denham

    as Colonel de la Roche
  • John Carol

    as Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
  • May Hallatt

    as Monique
  • Arthur Lowe

    as Town Clerk
  • Sebastian Cabot

    as Prefect
  • Jeremy Spenser

    as Jacques
  • Madge Brindley

    as Jacques' Grandmother
  • Hattie Jacques

    as Barmaid (uncredited)
  • John Salew

    as Minister's Secretary
  • James Hayter

    as Mayor
  • Keith Pyott

    as Father Pletsier
  • Natasha Sokolova

    as Nicole Porte
  • Philip Stainton

    as Café Manager
  • Hal Osmond

    as Swiss Taxi Driver
  • Alastair Hunter

    as Watchman at Legation
  • Gerald Andersen

    as Coding Clerk (uncredited)
  • Andreas Malandrinos

    as Bank Watchman (uncredited)
  • Charles Paton

    as Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)
  • Dido Plumb

    as Blind Beggar (uncredited)
  • Iris Vandeleur

    as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
  • Patrick Young

    as Captain le Maitre
Directing Robert Hamer Director
Writing Robert Westerby Screenstory
Writing Robert Westerby Screenplay
Editing Seth Holt Editor
Camera Geoffrey Unsworth Director of Photography
Sound Georges Auric Original Music Composer
Directing Don Weeks Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Pearl Orton Hairstylist
Art Edward Carrick Art Direction
Camera Arthur Ibbetson Camera Operator
Sound Gordon K. McCallum Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Ernest Gasser Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Doris Lee Costume Supervisor
Production E.M. Smedley-Aston Production Manager
Production Aubrey Baring Producer
Sound Muir Mathieson Conductor
Directing Connie Willis Continuity
Sound Sydney Wiles Sound Mixer

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