The Black Widow
1947, English. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Brannon.
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.
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Spencer Gordon BennetDirector
- Fred C. BrannonDirector
- Bruce EdwardsSteve Colt
- Virginia LeeJoyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
- Carol FormanSombra, The Black Widow
- Anthony WardeNick Ward
- Ramsay AmesRuth Dayton
- I. Stanford JolleyDr. Z.V. Jaffa
- Dave AndersonPorter-Spy
- Theodore GottliebHitomu
- Virginia CarrollDr. Ann Curry
- Gene RothJohn M. Walker
- Sam FlintProf. Henry Weston
- LeRoy MasonDr. Godfrey
Details
- Released
- 1 November 1947
- Country
- United States of America
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The Black Widow runs 180 minutes (3h 0m).
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The Black Widow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 November 1947. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Black Widow?
The Black Widow (1947) was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon and stars Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman.