Loading
The Spider's Stratagem
Genres
MysteryDrama
Overview
A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
1970-09-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
87
Vote Average
7.034
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Giulio Brogi
Athos Magnani Jr. / Athos Magnani Sr.
Alida Valli
Draifa
Pippo Campanini
Gaibazzi
Franco Giovanelli
Razori
Tino Scotti
Costa
Allen Midgette
Sailor (uncredited)
Similar Movies
Explore movies similar to this one that you might also enjoy.
7.4
The Wailing
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
2016-05-12 | ko
8.1
Satantango
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
1994-02-08 | hu
7.0
The Naked Kiss
A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.
1964-10-29 | en
3.3
Hard Vice
A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.
1994-07-27 | en
6.7
Harper
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
1966-02-22 | en
6.0
Yung Galore
Danny and Dolly meet for the first time at a bus stop, both waiting to attend their first day back at high school, but after becoming acquainted, the two decide to ditch school and explore the small town in which Dolly is brand new to, only to end up falling in love with each other after learning of the unusual, not so pretty lives that they both live.
2017-02-21 | en
8.0
The Legend Of Aqua Witch
After a tornado in Qujiangchi, a water monster eats people. The prince is about to succeed his throne and sacrifice his mother on the Qujiang Pond on the Mid-Autumn Festival. He ordered Dali Temple to find out the truth of the Qingshui strange murder before the Mid-Autumn Festival. This task fell on Xue Yang, who was sentenced to guard Huajie. Through investigation, Xue Yang discovered that there was an underground ice cellar on the shore of Qujiang Pool. At the bottom of the ice cellar were scattered skeletons and human bones and hidden important secrets.
2022-08-26 | zh
6.2
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
2005-04-13 | fr
7.0
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
1963-02-10 | it
6.2
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
1990-10-12 | en
5.3
Touched by a Killer
Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence. - Isabella Hofmann, James Wilder, Erin Gray
2001-01-01 | en
7.2
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas' wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once upon a time sabotaged Ava's destiny to be loved by her true soulmate.
2024-07-11 | en
8.4
Psycho
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
1960-06-22 | en
6.7
The Ring
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
2002-10-18 | en
7.8
Dances with Wolves
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
1990-03-30 | en
6.5
The Ninth Gate
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
1999-08-25 | en
7.1
Angel Heart
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
1987-03-06 | en
7.6
Out of the Past
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
1947-11-25 | en
8.2
The Seventh Seal
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
1957-02-16 | sv
6.0
Shaft's Big Score!
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
1972-06-08 | en