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The Spider and the Fly

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"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

Date: 12/01/1949
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, George Cole, Harold Lang, Edward Chapman, Maurice Denham, John Carol, May Hallatt, Arthur Lowe, Sebastian Cabot, Jeremy Spenser, Madge Brindley, Hattie Jacques, John Salew, James Hayter, Patrick Young, Keith Pyott, Natasha Sokolova, Philip Stainton, Hal Osmond, Alastair Hunter, Gerald Andersen, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Paton, Dido Plumb, Iris Vandeleur

Eric Portman as Fernand Maubert in The Spider and the Fly Eric Portman

Guy Rolfe as Philippe Lodocq in The Spider and the Fly Guy Rolfe

Nadia Gray as Madeleine Saincaize in The Spider and the Fly Nadia Gray

George Cole as Marc, detective in The Spider and the Fly George Cole

Harold Lang as Belfort, the pickpocket in The Spider and the Fly Harold Lang

Edward Chapman as Minister for War in The Spider and the Fly Edward Chapman

Maurice Denham as Colonel de la Roche in The Spider and the Fly Maurice Denham

John Carol

May Hallatt as Monique in The Spider and the Fly May Hallatt

Arthur Lowe as Town Clerk in The Spider and the Fly Arthur Lowe

Sebastian Cabot as Prefect in The Spider and the Fly Sebastian Cabot

Jeremy Spenser as Jacques in The Spider and the Fly Jeremy Spenser

Madge Brindley

Hattie Jacques as Barmaid (uncredited) in The Spider and the Fly Hattie Jacques

John Salew as Minister's Secretary in The Spider and the Fly John Salew

James Hayter as Mayor in The Spider and the Fly James Hayter

Patrick Young

Keith Pyott as Father Pletsier in The Spider and the Fly Keith Pyott

Natasha Sokolova

Philip Stainton as Café Manager in The Spider and the Fly Philip Stainton

Hal Osmond as Swiss Taxi Driver in The Spider and the Fly Hal Osmond

Alastair Hunter as Watchman at Legation in The Spider and the Fly Alastair Hunter

Gerald Andersen

Andreas Malandrinos

Charles Paton as Café Schader Waiter (uncredited) in The Spider and the Fly Charles Paton

Dido Plumb as Blind Beggar (uncredited) in The Spider and the Fly Dido Plumb

Iris Vandeleur