The Spider and the Fly (1949)

Directed by

Robert Hamer

Genre

drama film, crime film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two criminals and a policeman form an unusual love triangle just before the First World War. The story follows their tense and dangerous relationships as war approaches.

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What happens

The Spider and the Fly is a 1949 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe and Nadia Gray. The screenplay concerns an unusual love triangle that develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the First World War. It was written by Robert Westerby. Hamer made it immediately after Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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