The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

94 mins | Crime, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 1, 1949

"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

The Spider and the Fly

94 mins | Crime, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 1, 1949

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
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Mayflower Pictures Corporation
Original title The Spider and the Fly
Directors Constance Willis, Don Weeks, Robert Hamer
Writers Robert Westerby

Cast

Eric Portman

as Fernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

as Philippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

as Madeleine Saincaize

George Cole

as Marc, detective

Harold Lang

as Belfort, the pickpocket

Edward Chapman

as Minister for War

Maurice Denham

as Colonel de la Roche

John Carol

as Jean Louis / Alfred Louis

May Hallatt

as Monique

Arthur Lowe

as Town Clerk

Sebastian Cabot

as Prefect

Jeremy Spenser

as Jacques

Madge Brindley

as Jacques' Grandmother

Hattie Jacques

as Barmaid (uncredited)

John Salew

as Minister's Secretary

James Hayter

as Mayor

Patrick Young

as Captain le Maitre

Keith Pyott

as Father Pletsier

Natasha Sokolova

as Nicole Porte

Philip Stainton

as Café Manager

Hal Osmond

as Swiss Taxi Driver

Alastair Hunter

as Watchman at Legation

Gerald Andersen

as Coding Clerk (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

as Bank Watchman (uncredited)

Charles Paton

as Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

as Blind Beggar (uncredited)

Iris Vandeleur

as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)