The Black Widow
The Black Widow
Release: 1947-11-01
·Runtime: 180m
·★ 4.9
Action
Science Fiction
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Republic Pictures
Cast
Carol Forman
as Sombra, The Black Widow
Ramsay Ames
as Ruth Dayton
Gene Roth
as John M. Walker
Ernie Adams
as Blinky
Frank Lackteen
as A. Kabob
John Phillips
as District Attorney Mark
Anthony Warde
as Nick Ward
I. Stanford Jolley
as Dr. Z.V. Jaffa
LeRoy Mason
as Dr. Godfrey
Forrest Taylor
as Bradley
Keith Richards
as Michael Burns
Carey Loftin
as Spike
Bruce Edwards
as Steve Colt
Theodore Gottlieb
as Hitomu
Virginia Carroll
as Dr. Ann Curry
Sam Flint
as Prof. Henry Weston
George Chesebro
as J. Carter
Stanley Price
as Filmore Hagen
Jack O'Shea
as Finnegan
Larry Steers
as Dr. Harcourt
Ken Terrell
as Mendoza