Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1960
The Spider's Web (1960 film)
Buy The Spider's Web (1960 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Spider's Web' is a 1960 British mystery film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Glynis Johns, John Justin, Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. It was an adaptation of the 1954 play 'Spider's Web' by Agatha Christie, and a rare Technicolor 'A' feature from the Danzigers. It was remade as a television special starring Penelope Keith that was broadcast on 26 December 1982.
Plot
The story of an ambassador's wife who must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband, who is bringing important visitors to their country home.
Cast
* Glynis Johns as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
* John Justin as Henry Hailsham-Brown
* Jack Hulbert as Sir Rowland Delahaye
* Cicely Courtneidge as Miss Peake
* Ronald Howard as Jeremy
* David Nixon as Elgin
* Wendy Turner as Pippa
* Basil Dignam as Hugo
* Joan Sterndale-Bennett as Mrs Elgin
* Ferdy Mayne as Oliver
* Peter Butterworth as Inspector Lord
* Anton Rodgers as Sergeant Jones
* Robert Raglan as Dr. Berry
Critical reception
'TV Guide' wrote, "an entertaining film version of Agatha Christie's 1954 stage play about a diplomat's wife who hides the corpse of her stepdaughter's father. Though there is no Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot to push this programmer along, it still moves at a lively pace."
References
Buy The Spider's Web (1960 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1960