The Spiders Web (1960 film)
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Director Godfrey Grayson Music director Tony Crombie Duration Country United Kingdom | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Mystery Cinematography James Wilson Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Agatha Christie , Eldon Howard Release date November 1960 Cast Glynis Johns (Clarissa Hailsham-Brown), John Justin (Henry Hailsham-Brown), Jack Hulbert (Sir Rowland Delahaye), Cicely Courtneidge (Miss Peake), Ronald Howard (Jeremy)Similar movies Murder Ahoy , Murder Most Foul , Murder at the Gallop , Mr. Holmes , Sin City: A Dame to Kill For , Murder She Said Tagline Don't tell your friends the ending ... They won't believe it!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Spider's Web is a 1960 British mystery film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Glynis Johns, John Justin, Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. It was an adaptation of the play Spider's Web by Agatha Christie, and a rare Technicolor 'A' feature from the Danzigers. It was remade as a television special starring Penelope Keith and broadcast on 26 December 1982.
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The poster tagline read, "DON'T TELL YOUR FRIENDS THE ENDING ... THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Plot
The story of an ambassador's wife who must hide the corpse of her husband from his daughter.
Cast
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "an entertaining film version of Agatha Christie's 1954 stage play about a diplomat's wife who hides the corpse of her stepdaughter's father. Though there is no Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot to push this programmer along, it still moves at a lively pace."
References
The Spider's Web (1960 film) WikipediaThe Spiders Web (1960 film) IMDb The Spiders Web (1960 film) themoviedb.org