The Black Widow (serial)
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| The Black Widow | |
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet Fred C. Brannon |
| Produced by | M. J. Frankovich |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Sol Shor |
| Starring | Bruce Edwards Virginia Lindley Carol Forman Anthony Warde Ramsay Ames I. Stanford Jolley Theodore Gottlieb |
| Cinematography | John MacBurnie |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1947 |
| Running time | 13 chapters (180 min) |
| IMDb profile | |
The Black Widow (1947) is a Republic Movie serial. Thirteen episodes were made.
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[edit] Plot
The Editor of the Daily Clarion newspaper hires amateur criminologist Steve Colt to solve a series of murders, all involving poisonous spider bites.
Meanwhile, King Hitomu has sent his daughter Sombra to the United States to fulfill his plan for global domination. There she poses as a fortune teller and, with a gang of henchmen, attempt to steal a prototype Atomic Rocket Engine.
[edit] Cast
- Bruce Edwards as Steve Colt, Amateur criminologist on the trail of a series of bizarre murders
- Virginia Lindley as Joyce Winters
- Carol Forman as Sombra, daughter and agent of King Hitomi
- Anthony Warde as Nick Ward, a gangster working with Sombra
- Ramsay Ames as Ruth Dayton
- I. Stanford Jolley as Dr Z V Jaffa, scientist working with Sombra
- Theodore Gottlieb as Hitomu, intent on World Domination
[edit] Stunts & Effects
- Tom Steele as Steve Colt (doubling Bruce Edwards)
- Dale Van Sickel as Nick Ward (doubling Anthony Warde)
- Bud Wolfe as Nick Ward (doubling Anthony Warde)
Special Effects by the Lydecker brothers
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Jesse James Rides Again (1947) |
Republic Serial The Black Widow (1947) |
Succeeded by G-Men Never Forget (1948) |
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