The White Spider (1963 film)
The White Spider (German: Die weiße Spinne) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor and Horst Frank. It is based on a novel of the same name by the Czech writer Louis Weinert-Wilton.[1]
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| Directed by | Harald Reinl |
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| Written by | Egon Eis |
| Based on | The White Spider by Louis Weinert-Wilton |
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| Music by | Peter Thomas |
| Cinematography | Werner M. Lenz |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Wehrum |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place in London, Hamburg and West Berlin. It was made and promoted to look like a German Edgar Wallace movie, using the same director and several actors from the Wallace film series.
Cast
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Ralph Hubbard
- Karin Dor as Muriel Irvine
- Horst Frank as Kiddie Phelips
- Werner Peters as Sergeant Meals
- Dieter Eppler as Summerfield
- Mady Rahl as Mrs. Falk
- Paul Klinger as Inspector Dawson
- Friedrich Schoenfelder as Sir James
- Lotte Brackebusch as Penelope
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Lord Ensfield
- Chris Howland as Gideon
- Lotti Alberti as Mrs. Pringle
- Hans Bergmann as Stewart Maloney
- Fritz Eberth as Sergeant Gibbs
- Dietrich Kerky as victim
- Erik Radolf as policeman
Plot
When Muriel Irvine's husband is killed in an automobile accident after a night of gambling, she discovers that he had previously dramatically increased his life insurance coverage. The insurance company alerts Scotland Yard to a recent rash of such deaths all affecting gamblers. When the Yard's chief inspector is murdered while investigating the case, they bring in a mysterious detective to solve it.
References
- Goble p. 494
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.