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Release, runtime and language
1938 · 300 mins · English
Directed by
James W. Horne, Ray Taylor
Starring
Marc Lawrence, Ann Doran, Charles C. Wilson, Donald Douglas, Paul Whitney, Byron Foulger

A pulpy serialized adventure follows the masked vigilante The Spider, determined to eradicate crime, as he battles the diabolical Octopus, who plots to overthrow the United States government with an arsenal of the most fiendish weapons ever conceived by the human brain. The story opens with the warning, “Beware, Spider! I have you marked for death.”

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