The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

Release date : December 1, 1949
Runtime : 1h 34m
Countries of origin : United Kingdom /
Original Language : English /
Director : Robert Hamer /
Production companies : J. Arthur Rank Organisation / Mayflower Productions /
December 1, 1949 1h 34m United Kingdom Crime English More
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"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
Fernand Maubert
Guy Rolfe
Philippe Lodocq
Nadia Gray
Madeleine Saincaize
George Cole
Marc, detective
Harold Lang
Belfort, the pickpocket
Edward Chapman
Minister for War
Maurice Denham
Colonel de la Roche
John Carol
Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
May Hallatt
Monique
Arthur Lowe
Town Clerk
Madge Brindley
Jacques' Grandmother
Hattie Jacques
Barmaid (uncredited)
John Salew
Minister's Secretary
Patrick Young
Captain le Maitre
Keith Pyott
Father Pletsier

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  • title:The Spider and the Fly
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1949
  • Runtime:1h 34m
  • Genres: Crime · Thriller ·
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Robert Hamer /
  • Writers: Robert Westerby · Robert Westerby ·
  • Production companies: J. Arthur Rank Organisation · Mayflower Productions ·
  • 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
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