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The Spider

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Original title

The Spider

Year

1931

Running time

59 min.

Country

United States

Director

William Cameron Menzies, Kenneth MacKenna

Screenwriter

Barry Conners, Philip Klein, Leon Gordon. Play: Fulton Oursler, Lowell Brentano

Cast

Music

Carli Elinor, R.H. Bassett, Hugo Friedhofer, Glen Knight

Cinematography

James Wong Howe (B&W)

Producer

Fox Film Corporation. Distributor: Fox Film Corporation

Genre

Action. Mystery | Crime. Half-length Film. Magic

Synopsis

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer.

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The Spider

1931

William Cameron Menzies, Kenneth MacKenna