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The Black Widow (1947)

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.

  • Action
  • Science Fiction

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Bruce EdwardsBruce EdwardsSteve Colt
  • Photo of Virginia LeeVirginia LeeJoyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
  • Photo of Carol FormanCarol FormanSombra, The Black Widow
  • Photo of Anthony WardeAnthony WardeNick Ward
  • Photo of Ramsay AmesRamsay AmesRuth Dayton
  • Photo of I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyDr. Z.V. Jaffa
  • Photo of Dave AndersonDave AndersonPorter-Spy
  • Photo of Theodore GottliebTheodore GottliebHitomu
  • Photo of Virginia CarrollVirginia CarrollDr. Ann Curry
  • Photo of Gene RothGene RothJohn M. Walker

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