The Black Widow (1947)
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.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon.
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Bruce Edwards as Steve Colt |
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Virginia Lee as Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley) |
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Carol Forman as Sombra, The Black Widow |
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Anthony Warde as Nick Ward |
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Ramsay Ames as Ruth Dayton |
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I. Stanford Jolley as Dr. Z.V. Jaffa |
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Dave Anderson as Porter-Spy |
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Theodore Gottlieb as Hitomu |
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Virginia Carroll as Dr. Ann Curry |
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Gene Roth as John M. Walker |
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Sam Flint as Prof. Henry Weston |
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LeRoy Mason as Dr. Godfrey |
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Forrest Taylor as Bradley |
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Ernie Adams as Blinky |
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Keith Richards as Michael Burns |
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George Chesebro as J. Carter |
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Frank Lackteen as A. Kabob |
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Carey Loftin as Spike |
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Ted Mapes as Slade |
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Jack O'Shea as Finnegan |
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Gil Perkins as Burke |
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John Phillips as District Attorney Mark |
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Stanley Price as Filmore Hagen |
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Larry Steers as Dr. Harcourt |
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Ken Terrell as Mendoza |
| Directing | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Director |
| Directing | Fred C. Brannon | Director |
| Camera | John MacBurnie | Director of Photography |
| Production | M.J. Frankovich | Associate Producer |
| Art | Fred A. Ritter | Art Direction |
| Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | James Redd | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Cliff Bell Sr. | Editor |
| Editing | Sam Starr | Editor |
| Production | Anthony Hinds | Producer |
