The Spider's Web (1960)
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband, who is bringing important visitors to their country home.
Top billed cast
Glynis JohnsClarissa Hailsham-Brown
John JustinHenry Hailsham-Brown
Jack HulbertSir Rowland Delahaye
Cicely CourtneidgeMiss Peake
Ronald HowardJeremy
David NixonElgin
Wendy TurnerPippa
Basil DignamHugo- Joan Sterndale-BennettMrs. Elgin
Ferdy MayneOliver
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