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The Spider's Web is a British film of genre Crime directed by Godfrey Grayson with Glynis Johns

The Spider's Web (1960)

The Spider's Web
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Length 1h28
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Genres Crime
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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.

The poster tagline read, "DON'T TELL YOUR FRIENDS THE ENDING ... THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"

Synopsis

The story of an ambassador's wife who must hide the corpse of her husband from his daughter.

Actors

Glynis Johns

(Clarissa Hailsham-Brown)John Justin

(Henry Hailsham-Brown)Cicely Courtneidge

(Miss Peake)Jack Hulbert

(Sir Rowland Delahaye)Maurice Costello
And :
Ronald Howard
Basil Dignam
Ferdy Mayne
Peter Butterworth
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