The Web (1947)
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Top billed cast
Ella RainesNoel Faraday
Edmond O'BrienBob Regan
William BendixLt. Damico
Vincent PriceAndrew Colby
Maria PalmerMartha Kroner
John AbbottCharles Murdock
Fritz LeiberLeopold Kroner
Howland ChamberlainJames Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
Tito VuoloEmilio Canepa
Wilton GraffDistrict Attorney
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