An attorney acting as a body guard, apparently kills a man in defense of his employer's life, and later believes the victim was set up to be murdered.
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| Ella Raines | ... | Noel Faraday | |
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Bob Regan | |
| William Bendix | ... | Lt. Damico | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Andrew Colby | |
| Maria Palmer | ... | Martha Kroner | |
| John Abbott | ... | Charles Murdock | |
| Fritz Leiber | ... | Leopold Kroner | |
| Howland Chamberlain | ... | James Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin) | |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Emilio Canepa | |
| Wilton Graff | ... | District Attorney | |
| Robin Raymond | ... | Newspaper Librarian | |
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Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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25 May 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The Web is one of dozens of forties thrillers featuring private detectives and the rich men who hire them, the beautiful women who love them, and the police, who invariably hamper their efforts to unravel the clues to intricate mysteries, the details of which are explained with astonishing clarity in the end, despite the fact that most viewers can scarcely be expected to keep track of all the evidence. This one is more elegant than most, with plush settings and striking photography. There's a touch of Laura here, thanks to the casting of Vincent Price and the character he plays, as well as a bit of the Chandler private eye cycle in the character of Edmond O'Brien's detective. Ella Raines makes a beautiful heroine, and Bill Bendix is on hand as the no-nonsense cop. Michael Gordon directs smoothly, and everything comes together in the end. There's nothing remarkable in The Web, which is just a cut above the generic, but it works like a Swiss watch.