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Black Widow (1954)

Black Widow poster
Directed by
Nunnally Johnson
Genre
drama film, mystery film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
14A
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Broadway producer gets entangled with a young woman who later dies in his apartment. He becomes a suspect and must uncover the truth to clear his name.

mysterioussuspensefultenseclassiccolorfulintriguingnoir-ishslow-building

What happens

Black Widow is a 1954 American DeLuxe Color mystery film in CinemaScope, with elements of film noir, written, produced, and directed by Nunnally Johnson, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Patrick Quentin. The film stars Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, and George Raft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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