| The Spider | |
| Director: | Robert D. Webb |
| Producer: | Ben Silvey |
| Screenplay: | Scott Darling Jo Eisinger Irving Cummings Jr. |
| Based On: | play by Fulton Oursler Lowell Brentano |
| Starring: | Richard Conte Faye Marlowe Kurt Kreuger |
| Music: | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography: | Glen MacWilliams |
| Editing: | Norman Colbert |
| Distributor: | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Runtime: | 63 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Spider is a 1945 American crime film noir directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Richard Conte, Faye Marlowe, and Kurt Kreuger.[1]
A private detective is pursued by both police and a mysterious killer.
The film was based on a 1928 play which Fox had filmed in 1931. The project was announced in May 1945, and the original female star was meant to be Carole Landis alongside Conte.[2] [3]
The Los Angeles Times said it "was not without fair interest".[4]
Film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Robert D. Webb directs a lackluster B-film noir from the play by Charles Fulton...The Spider was a poor remake of the 1931 film of the same title. It held very little suspense, and the plot was filled with gaping holes. But Richard Conte is a fine action actor, and gives this slight film noir story a little boost just by his presence."[5]