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The Black Widow

The Black Widow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 1947

Runtime

3h 0m

Genres

Action, Science Fiction

User Score

49%

Original Title

The Black Widow

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Director

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Description

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.