The Spider's Web (1960 film)

The Spider's Web
British quad poster
Directed by	Godfrey Grayson
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger
Written by	Agatha Christie (play) Albert G. Miller Eldon Howard
Starring	Glynis Johns John Justin Cicely Courtneidge Jack Hulbert
Music by	Tony Crombie
Cinematography	James Wilson
Edited by	Bill Lewthwaite
Production company	Danziger Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	November 1960
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.^[1] 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!!!" ^[2]

Plot

The story of an ambassador's wife who must hide the corpse of her husband from his daughter.^[3]

Cast

Glynis Johns - Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
John Justin - Henry Hailsham-Brown
Jack Hulbert - Sir Rowland Delahaye
Cicely Courtneidge - Miss Peake
Ronald Howard - Jeremy
David Nixon - Elgin
Wendy Turner - Pippa
Basil Dignam - Hugo
Joan Sterndale-Bennett - Mrs Elgin
Ferdy Mayne - Oliver
Peter Butterworth - Inspector Lord
Anton Rodgers - Sergeant Jones

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "an entertaining film version of Agatha Christie's 1954 stage play about a diplomat's wife who hides the corpse of her stepdaughter's father. Though there is no Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot to push this programmer along, it still moves at a lively pace." ^[4]

References

↑ "The Spider's Web (1960) - BFI". BFI.
↑ "The Spider's Web (1960) directed by Godfrey Grayson • Film + cast • Letterboxd".
↑ "The Spider's Web (1960) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
↑ "The Spider's Web". TV Guide.

External links

The Spider's Web at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Godfrey Grayson

Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
Doctor Morelle (1949)
The Adventures of P.C. 49 (1949)
Meet Simon Cherry (1949)
What the Butler Saw (1950)
The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
Room to Let (1950)
Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
To Have and to Hold (1951)
The Fake (1953)
Black Ice (1957)
Innocent Meeting (1958)
Date at Midnight (1959)
Woman's Temptation (1959)
High Jump (1959)
An Honourable Murder (1960)
The Spider's Web (1960)
Escort for Hire (1960)
So Evil, So Young (1961)
The Pursuers (1961)
The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
The Battleaxe (1962)
She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
Design for Loving (1962)
The Durant Affair (1962)

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