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The Spider and the Fly

19496.8 / 1094 min
Crime, Thriller

Overview

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

Cast

Eric Portman

Eric Portman

Fernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

Guy Rolfe

Philippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

Nadia Gray

Madeleine Saincaize

George Cole

George Cole

Marc, detective

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Belfort, the pickpocket

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Minister for War

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Colonel de la Roche

John Carol

John Carol

Jean Louis / Alfred Louis

May Hallatt

May Hallatt

Monique

Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe

Town Clerk

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Prefect

Jeremy Spenser

Jeremy Spenser

Jacques

Madge Brindley

Madge Brindley

Jacques' Grandmother

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Barmaid (uncredited)

John Salew

John Salew

Minister's Secretary

James Hayter

James Hayter

Mayor

Patrick Young

Patrick Young

Captain le Maitre

Keith Pyott

Keith Pyott

Father Pletsier

Natasha Sokolova

Natasha Sokolova

Nicole Porte

Philip Stainton

Philip Stainton

Café Manager

Hal Osmond

Hal Osmond

Swiss Taxi Driver

Alastair Hunter

Alastair Hunter

Watchman at Legation

Gerald Andersen

Gerald Andersen

Coding Clerk (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Andreas Malandrinos

Bank Watchman (uncredited)

Charles Paton

Charles Paton

Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

Dido Plumb

Blind Beggar (uncredited)

Iris Vandeleur

Iris Vandeleur

Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Hamer

Robert Hamer

Director

Robert Westerby

Robert Westerby

Screenplay

Robert Westerby

Robert Westerby

Screenstory

Seth Holt

Seth Holt

Editor

Aubrey Baring

Aubrey Baring

Producer

Georges Auric

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Unsworth

Director of Photography

Edward Carrick

Edward Carrick

Art Direction

Ernest Gasser

Ernest Gasser

Makeup Artist

Pearl Orton

Pearl Orton

Hairstylist

E.M. Smedley-Aston

E.M. Smedley-Aston

Production Manager

Don Weeks

Don Weeks

Assistant Director

Gordon K. McCallum

Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Mixer

Sydney Wiles

Sydney Wiles

Sound Mixer

Arthur Ibbetson

Arthur Ibbetson

Camera Operator

Doris Lee

Doris Lee

Costume Supervisor

Muir Mathieson

Muir Mathieson

Conductor

Connie Willis

Connie Willis

Continuity