The Black Widow
1947 | 180m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Fred C. Brannon, Spencer Gordon Bennet |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Fred C. Brannon, Spencer Gordon Bennet |
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| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | movie serial |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bruce Edwards | Steve Colt |
| Virginia Lee | Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley) |
| Carol Forman | Sombra, The Black Widow |
| Anthony Warde | Nick Ward |
| Ramsay Ames | Ruth Dayton |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Dr. Z.V. Jaffa |
| Dave Anderson | Porter-Spy |
| Theodore Gottlieb | Hitomu |
| Virginia Carroll | Dr. Ann Curry |
| Gene Roth | John M. Walker |
| Sam Flint | Prof. Henry Weston |
| LeRoy Mason | Dr. Godfrey |
| Forrest Taylor | Bradley |
| Ernie Adams | Blinky |
| Keith Richards | Michael Burns |
| George Chesebro | J. Carter |
| Frank Lackteen | A. Kabob |
| Carey Loftin | Spike |
| Ted Mapes | Slade |
| Jack O'Shea | Finnegan |
| Gil Perkins | Burke |
| John Phillips | District Attorney Mark |
| Stanley Price | Filmore Hagen |
| Larry Steers | Dr. Harcourt |
| Ken Terrell | Mendoza |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fred C. Brannon | Director |
| John MacBurnie | Director of Photography |
| Fred A. Ritter | Art Direction |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| James Redd | Set Decoration |
| Cliff Bell Sr. | Editor |
| Sam Starr | Editor |
| Spencer Gordon Bennet | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| M.J. Frankovich | Associate Producer |
| Anthony Hinds | Producer |
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