Film

The Black Widow

1947 · 3h · Action · Science Fiction

IMDb

6.5

The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.

Bruce Edwards

Steve Colt

Virginia Lee

Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)

Carol Forman

Sombra, The Black Widow

Anthony Warde

Nick Ward

Ramsay Ames

Ruth Dayton

I. Stanford Jolley

Dr. Z.V. Jaffa

Dave Anderson

Porter-Spy

Theodore Gottlieb

Hitomu

Virginia Carroll

Dr. Ann Curry

Gene Roth

John M. Walker

Sam Flint

Prof. Henry Weston

LeRoy Mason

Dr. Godfrey

Forrest Taylor

Bradley

Ernie Adams

Blinky

Keith Richards

Michael Burns

George Chesebro

J. Carter

• Spencer Gordon BennetDirector
• Fred C. BrannonDirector
• Anthony HindsProducer
• John MacBurnieDirector of Photography
• Sam StarrEditor
• Cliff Bell Sr.Editor

Release date

November 1, 1947

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

3h

Genres

Action, Science Fiction

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