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The Black Widow
Genres
ActionScience Fiction
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
180 min
Release Date
1947-11-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
4.9
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Bruce Edwards
Steve Colt
Virginia Lee
Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
Carol Forman
Sombra, The Black Widow
Anthony Warde
Nick Ward
Ramsay Ames
Ruth Dayton
I. Stanford Jolley
Dr. Z.V. Jaffa
Dave Anderson
Porter-Spy
Theodore Gottlieb
Hitomu
Virginia Carroll
Dr. Ann Curry
Gene Roth
John M. Walker
Sam Flint
Prof. Henry Weston
LeRoy Mason
Dr. Godfrey
Forrest Taylor
Bradley
Ernie Adams
Blinky
Keith Richards
Michael Burns
George Chesebro
J. Carter
Frank Lackteen
A. Kabob
Carey Loftin
Spike
Ted Mapes
Slade
Jack O'Shea
Finnegan
Gil Perkins
Burke
John Phillips
District Attorney Mark
Stanley Price
Filmore Hagen
Larry Steers
Dr. Harcourt
Ken Terrell
Mendoza
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