The Spider and the Fly
Year: 1949
Runtime: 94 mins
Language: English
Director: Robert Hamer
Set in pre‑World War I Paris, the thriller follows safe‑cracker Philippe de Ledocq (Guy Rolfe), who constantly evades capture, the relentless police chief Maubert (Eric Portman) determined to lock him up, and Madeleine (Nadia Gray), loved by both. After Maubert finally seizes Ledocq, the government frees him to infiltrate the German embassy and expose the Kaiser’s secret agents, pulling Madeleine into the danger. The film anticipates the 1960s series It Takes a Thief.
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