The Black Widow (1947)

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Released:
1947-11-01

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.

Directors:
Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon

Runtime:
3h 0min

Genre:
Action, Science Fiction

  • Cast:
  • Bruce Edwards
    as
    Steve Colt
  • Virginia Lee
    as
    Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
  • Carol Forman
    as
    Sombra, The Black Widow
  • Anthony Warde
    as
    Nick Ward
  • Ramsay Ames
    as
    Ruth Dayton