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The Black Spider (1920)

The Black Spider poster
Directed by
William Humphrey
Genre
mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent mystery film from 1920. It follows characters involved in a case connected to a black spider. The story is set partly in Monte Carlo and involves a crime.

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What happens

The Black Spider is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by William Humphrey and starring Mary Clare, Bertram Burleigh, and Ronald Colman. It is an adaptation of the 1911 novel of the same name by Carlton Dawe. The film was partly shot on location in Monte Carlo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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