The Spider and the Fly
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
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
Crew
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Robert Westerby - Screenstory
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Robert Hamer - Director
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Robert Westerby - Screenplay
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Seth Holt - Editor
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Sydney Wiles - Sound Mixer
Reviews
Were it not for the the totally wooden efforts of the very tall Guy Rolfe ("Lodocq") this could have been a really good little crime drama. As it is, though, it's still a good story with two distinct ...