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The Black Widow (1947) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1947 · 180 mins · English
- Directed by
- Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
- Starring
- Keith Richards, John Phillips, Ernie Adams, Virginia Carroll, Ramsay Ames, Stanley Price
The Daily Clarion hires detective‑author Steve Colt to probe the murders of scientists developing an atomic rocket. The killings are ordered by Sombra, a fortune‑telling spy from an Asian nation seeking world domination. She tempts project workers to her parlor and kills those who refuse with black‑widow spider venom, hoping to steal the rocket.
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