The Spider and the Fly
6.7
“A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!”
"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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Cast
27 people
Eric Portman
Fernand Maubert
Known for
A Canterbury Tale
The Colditz Story
Guy Rolfe
Philippe Lodocq
Known for
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Dolls
Nadia Gray
Madeleine Saincaize
Known for
Two for the Road
Letto a tre piazze
George Cole
Marc, detective
Known for
Cleopatra
Mary Reilly
Harold Lang
Belfort, the pickpocket
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Paranoiac
Edward Chapman
Minister for War
Known for
Things to Come
Murder!
Maurice Denham
Colonel de la Roche
Known for
Animal Farm
Night of the Demon
John Carol
Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
Known for
It Always Rains on Sunday
May Hallatt
Monique
Known for
Black Narcissus
Separate Tables
Arthur Lowe
Town Clerk
Known for
Coronation Street
Dad's Army
Sebastian Cabot
Prefect
Known for
The Sword in the Stone
The Jungle Book
Jeremy Spenser
Jacques
Known for
Fahrenheit 451
The Prince and the Showgirl
Robert Hamer Director · Robert Westerby Screenplay Georges Auric Composer
First release December 1, 1949 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Mayflower Productions, Universal Pictures
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Mayflower Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
Mayflower Pictures Corporation
Production
Pinewood Studios
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 1, 1949
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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