The White Spider (1963 film)

For the silent film, see The White Spider (1927 film).

The White Spider
German	Die weiße Spinne
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	Egon Eis
Based on	The White Spider by Louis Weinert-Wilton
Produced by	Werner M. Lenz Gero Wecker
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Karin Dor Horst Frank
Cinematography	Werner M. Lenz
Edited by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production companies	Arca-Winston Films Hans Oppenheimer Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	5 April 1963 (1963-04-05)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The White Spider (German: Die weiße Spinne) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor and Horst Frank. It is based on a novel of the same name by the Czech writer Louis Weinert-Wilton.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place in London, Hamburg and West Berlin. It was made and promoted to look like a German Edgar Wallace movie, using the same director and several actors from the Wallace film series.

Plot

When Muriel Irvine's husband is killed in an automobile accident after a night of gambling, she discovers that he had previously dramatically increased his life insurance coverage. The insurance company alerts Scotland Yard to a recent rash of such deaths all affecting gamblers. When the Yard's chief inspector is murdered while investigating the case, they bring in a mysterious detective to solve it.

Cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Ralph Hubbard
• Karin Dor as Muriel Irvine
• Horst Frank as Kiddie Phelips
• Werner Peters as Sergeant Meals
• Dieter Eppler as Summerfield
• Mady Rahl as Mrs. Falk
• Paul Klinger as Inspector Dawson
• Friedrich Schoenfelder as Sir James
• Lotte Brackebusch as Penelope
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Lord Ensfield
• Chris Howland as Gideon
• Lotti Alberti as Mrs. Pringle
• Hans Bergmann as Stewart Maloney
• Fritz Eberth as Sergeant Gibbs
• Dietrich Kerky as victim
• Erik Radolf as policeman

References

1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 494. ISBN 3598114923.

External links

• The White Spider at IMDb