The Black Widow
1947 · 3h · Approved
Action, Science Fiction
Directed by
Spencer Gordon Bennet
,
Fred C. Brannon
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Black Widow
Overview
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.
Director and cast
- Spencer Gordon Bennet Director
- Fred C. Brannon Director
- Bruce Edwards as Steve Colt
- Virginia Lee as Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
- Carol Forman as Sombra, The Black Widow
- Anthony Warde as Nick Ward
- Ramsay Ames as Ruth Dayton
- I. Stanford Jolley as Dr. Z.V. Jaffa
- Dave Anderson as Porter-Spy
- Theodore Gottlieb as Hitomu
- Virginia Carroll as Dr. Ann Curry
- Gene Roth as John M. Walker
More films
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
Action · Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Passed
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also call...
- Runtime
- 4h 29m
- Director
- John English, William Witney
- Cast
- Henry Brandon, William Royle, Robert Kellard
Flash Gordon (1936)
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · Approved
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler o...
- Runtime
- 4h 5m
- Director
- Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
- Cast
- Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon
The Girl and the Game (1915)
Action · N/A
Irrepressible Helen Rhinelander, the daughter of a railroad president. A dastardly villain, Segrue, however, desires not only Helen but also the plans for a new railroad. Happily, Helen's childhood sweetheart, Paul Storm, now an engineer, is right there to protect the damsel-in-distress through the serial's 15 exciting chapters.
- Runtime
- 11m
- Director
- J.P. McGowan
- Cast
- Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney
The Black Secret (1919)
Action · Adventure · N/A
Adventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the war. Chapters: [1] “The Great Secret,”; [2] “Marked for Death,”; [3] “The Gas Chamber,”; [4] “Below the Waterline,”; [5] “The Acid Bath,”; [6] “The Unknown,”; [7] “The Betrayal,”; [8] “A Crippled Hand,”; [9] “Woes of Deceit,”; [10] “The In...
- Runtime
- 5h 10m
- Director
- George B. Seitz
- Cast
- Pearl White, Walter McGrail
Elmo the Fearless (1920)
Action · N/A
Elmo finds himself in 18 different hair raising and dangerous adventures always escaping in the nick of time!
- Runtime
- 4h 40m
- Director
- J.P. McGowan
- Cast
- Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine, William N. Chapman
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members