Spider’s Web (1982) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1982 · 95 mins · English

Directed by

Basil Coleman

Starring

Holly Aird, Thorley Walters, David Yelland, Brian Protheroe, Jonathan Newth, Elizabeth Spriggs

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, spends much of her time lost in frivolous daydreams. She often muses, “What would I do if I woke up and found a dead body in the library?” Her imagination becomes reality when she discovers a corpse lying in the drawing‑room of her Kent home, thrusting her into a bewildering mystery.