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The Black Widow

1947

180 minutes

ActionScience Fiction

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Bruce Edwards headshot

Bruce Edwards

Steve Colt

Virginia Lee headshot

Virginia Lee

Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)

Carol Forman headshot

Carol Forman

Sombra, The Black Widow

Anthony Warde headshot

Anthony Warde

Nick Ward

Ramsay Ames headshot

Ramsay Ames

Ruth Dayton

I. Stanford Jolley headshot

I. Stanford Jolley

Dr. Z.V. Jaffa

Dave Anderson headshot

Dave Anderson

Porter-Spy

Theodore Gottlieb headshot

Theodore Gottlieb

Hitomu

Virginia Carroll headshot

Virginia Carroll

Dr. Ann Curry

Gene Roth headshot

Gene Roth

John M. Walker

Sam Flint headshot

Sam Flint

Prof. Henry Weston

LeRoy Mason headshot

LeRoy Mason

Dr. Godfrey

Forrest Taylor headshot

Forrest Taylor

Bradley

Ernie Adams headshot

Ernie Adams

Blinky

Keith Richards headshot

Keith Richards

Michael Burns

George Chesebro headshot

George Chesebro

J. Carter

Frank Lackteen headshot

Frank Lackteen

A. Kabob

Carey Loftin headshot

Carey Loftin

Spike

Ted Mapes headshot

Ted Mapes

Slade

Jack O'Shea headshot

Jack O'Shea

Finnegan

Gil Perkins headshot

Gil Perkins

Burke

John Phillips headshot

John Phillips

District Attorney Mark

Stanley Price headshot

Stanley Price

Filmore Hagen

Larry Steers headshot

Larry Steers

Dr. Harcourt

Ken Terrell headshot

Ken Terrell

Mendoza