The Spider and the Fly


"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi The Spider and the Fly featuring Eric Portman and Guy Rolfe is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a drama and romance movie.
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"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi The Spider and the Fly featuring Eric Portman and Guy Rolfe is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a drama and romance movie.
Director
Robert Hamer
Fernand Maubert
Eric Portman
Philippe Lodocq
Guy Rolfe
Madeleine Saincaize
Nadia Gray
Marc, detective
George Cole
Belfort, the pickpocket
Harold Lang
Minister for War
Edward Chapman
Colonel de la Roche
Maurice Denham
Jean Louis / Alfred Louis
John Carol
Monique
May Hallatt
Town Clerk
Arthur Lowe
Prefect
Sebastian Cabot
Jacques
Jeremy Spenser
Jacques' Grandmother
Madge Brindley
Barmaid (uncredited)
Hattie Jacques
Minister's Secretary
John Salew
Mayor
James Hayter
Captain le Maitre
Patrick Young
Father Pletsier
Keith Pyott
Nicole Porte
Natasha Sokolova
Café Manager
Philip Stainton
Swiss Taxi Driver
Hal Osmond
Producer
Aubrey Baring
Writer
Robert Westerby
Composer
Georges Auric


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