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The Spider and the Fly

Robert Hamer

1949 • 1h 34m

"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...

The Spider and the Fly

Cast

Eric Portman

Eric PortmanFernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

Guy RolfePhilippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

Nadia GrayMadeleine Saincaize

George Cole

George ColeMarc, detective

Harold Lang

Harold LangBelfort, the pickpocket

Edward Chapman

Edward ChapmanMinister for War

Maurice Denham

Maurice DenhamColonel de la Roche

John CarolJean Louis / Alfred Louis

May Hallatt

May HallattMonique

Arthur Lowe

Arthur LoweTown Clerk

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian CabotPrefect

Jeremy Spenser

Jeremy SpenserJacques

Madge BrindleyJacques' Grandmother

Hattie Jacques

Hattie JacquesBarmaid (uncredited)

John Salew

John SalewMinister's Secretary

Crew

Robert Hamer

Robert HamerDirector

Seth Holt

Seth HoltEditor

Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey UnsworthDirector of Photography

Georges Auric

Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer

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