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The Black Widow is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Vernon Sewell with Christine Norden

The Black Widow (1951)

The Black Widow
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Length 1h2
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Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating60% 3.0011153.0011153.0011153.0011153.001115

The Black Widow is a 1951 British thriller, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Christine Norden and Robert Ayres. The film was a B-movie production by Hammer Film Productions and was based on a radio serial entitled Return from Darkness.



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Synopsis

Mark Sherwin (Ayres) is driving in the country when he notices a man lying at the side of the road. Assuming the man is the victim of a hit-and-run, he stops to offer assistance, only to be coshed and left stunned while his wallet and car are stolen. On recovering his senses, he staggers towards a nearby farmhouse where he collapses. He is found by the farm owner, who summons a doctor. Meanwhile the car thief comes to grief while speeding round a corner on a clifftop road, the car plunges over the edge and explodes in flames.

Actors

Christine Norden

(Christine Sherwin)Robert Ayres

(Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac))Jennifer Jayne

(Sheila Kemp)Anthony Forwood

(Paul Kenton)John Longden

(Mr. Kemp)
And :
John Harvey
Madoline Thomas
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