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The Spider (1945)

1945 · Feature film · 63 min · dir. Robert D. Webb

  • Drama
  • film noir
  • Crime

Synopsis

An ex-cop who is now a private detective is hired by a woman to be the go-between in retrieving an important envelope from her partner. The detective has the partner come to his apartment to give him the envelope, but someone sneaks into his apartment and strangles her while the detective is in another room. Fearful that the police will suspect him of the murder, he brings the woman's body back to her own apartment, but the police find out and suspect him of the murder anyway. He must find out…

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Details

Director
Robert D. Webb
Writer
Jo Eisinger
Composer
David Buttolph
Cinematography
Glen MacWilliams
Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
1945-12-01
Running time
63 minutes

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