Movie
The Black Widow
Released: November 1, 1947 (1947)
Runtime: 180 minutes
Genres: Action, Science Fiction
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- I. Stanford Jolley as Dr. Z.V. Jaffa
Age at release: 47
- Gene Roth as John M. Walker
Age at release: 44
- Theodore Gottlieb as Hitomu
Age at release: 40
- Anthony Warde as Nick Ward
Age at release: 38
- Bruce Edwards as Steve Colt
Age at release: 33
- Virginia Carroll as Dr. Ann Curry
Age at release: 33
- Carol Forman as Sombra, The Black Widow
Age at release: 29
- Ramsay Ames as Ruth Dayton
Age at release: 28
- Virginia Lee as Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
Age at release: 23
- Dave Anderson as Porter-Spy
Age at release: Unknown
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- Sam Flint as Prof. Henry Weston
Age at release: 65
- Forrest Taylor as Bradley
Age at release: 63
- Ernie Adams as Blinky
Age at release: 62
- George Chesebro as J. Carter
Age at release: 59
- Larry Steers as Dr. Harcourt
Age at release: 59
- Stanley Price as Filmore Hagen
Age at release: 54
- Frank Lackteen as A. Kabob
Age at release: 50
- LeRoy Mason as Dr. Godfrey
Age at release: 44
- Ken Terrell as Mendoza
Age at release: 43
- Gil Perkins as Burke
Age at release: 40
- Carey Loftin as Spike
Age at release: 33
- Keith Richards as Michael Burns
Age at release: 32
- John Phillips as District Attorney Mark
Age at release: 27
- Jack O'Shea as Finnegan
Age at release: Unknown