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The Spider and the Fly

"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

Release Date: 1949-12-01

Original Language: en

Genres: Crime Thriller

Rating:

Popularity:

0.784

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Cast Members

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

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

Natasha Sokolova

Nicole Porte

Philip Stainton

Café Manager

Hal Osmond

Swiss Taxi Driver

Alastair Hunter

Watchman at Legation

Gerald Andersen

Coding Clerk (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Bank Watchman (uncredited)

Charles Paton

Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

Blind Beggar (uncredited)

Iris Vandeleur

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)