The Black Widow (1947)

1947 · Short film · 19 min · dir. Fred C. Brannon

• Crime
• spy film

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

Fred C. Brannon

Cinematography

John MacBurnie

Studio

Republic Pictures

Released

1947-11-01

Running time

19 minutes

Cast & crew

• FFred C. Brannon Director
• Bruce Edwards
• Virginia Lee
• Carol Forman
• Anthony Warde
• Ramsay Ames
• I. Stanford Jolley
• Dave Anderson
• Theodore Gottlieb

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