The Spider and the Fly (1949)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 1, 1949Release Date
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 1, 1949Release Date
Plot.
"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
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Cast & Crew.
![Eric Portman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55163-eric-portman.webp)
Eric Portman
Fernand Maubert
![Guy Rolfe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20987-guy-rolfe.webp)
Guy Rolfe
Philippe de Ledocq
![Nadia Gray](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11103-nadia-gray.webp)
Nadia Gray
Madeleine Saincaize
![George Cole](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17603-george-cole.webp)
George Cole
Marc, detective
![Edward Chapman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32670-edward-chapman.webp)
Edward Chapman
Minister for War
![Harold Lang](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/195632-harold-lang.webp)
Harold Lang
Belfort, the pickpocket
![Robert Hamer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/249220-robert-hamer.webp)
Robert Hamer
Director
![Maurice Denham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22937-maurice-denham.webp)
Maurice Denham
Colonel de la Roche
![Robert Westerby](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Westerby
Writer
![Aubrey Baring](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Aubrey Baring
Producer
![John Carol](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Carol
Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
![May Hallatt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39231-may-hallatt.webp)
May Hallatt
Monique
![Georges Auric](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1056289-georges-auric.webp)
Georges Auric
Composer
![Geoffrey Unsworth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1114563-geoffrey-unsworth.webp)
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
![Arthur Lowe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39965-arthur-lowe.webp)
Arthur Lowe
Town Clerk
![Seth Holt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/226352-seth-holt.webp)
Seth Holt
Editor
![Sebastian Cabot](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38574-sebastian-cabot.webp)
Sebastian Cabot
Prefect
![Jeremy Spenser](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47683-jeremy-spenser.webp)
Jeremy Spenser
Jacques
![Madge Brindley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Madge Brindley
Jacques' Grandmother
![Hattie Jacques](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20366-hattie-jacques.webp)
Hattie Jacques
Barmaid (uncredited)
![John Salew](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36888-john-salew.webp)
John Salew
Minister's Secretary
![James Hayter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21344-james-hayter.webp)
James Hayter
Mayor
![Patrick Young](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Patrick Young
Captain le Maitre
![Keith Pyott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Keith Pyott
Father Pletsier
![Natasha Sokolova](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Natasha Sokolova
Nicole Porte
![Philip Stainton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48758-philip-stainton.webp)
Philip Stainton
Café Manager
![Hal Osmond](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hal Osmond
Swiss Taxi Driver
![Alastair Hunter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/52681-alastair-hunter.webp)
Alastair Hunter
Watchman at Legation
![Gerald Andersen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gerald Andersen
Coding Clerk (uncredited)
![Andreas Malandrinos](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andreas Malandrinos
Bank Watchman (uncredited)
![Charles Paton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/163193-charles-paton.webp)
Charles Paton
Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)
![Dido Plumb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/170015-dido-plumb.webp)
Dido Plumb
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Media.
![The Spider and the Fly](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/60064-the-spider-and-the-fly.webp)
![The Spider and the Fly](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/60064-the-spider-and-the-fly.webp)
Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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Wiki.
The Spider and the Fly is a 1949 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe and Nadia Gray. The screenplay concerns an unusual love triangle that develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the First World War. Hamer made it immediately after Kind Hearts and Coronets.