The Black Widow

The Black Widow

1947 · 180 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Science Fiction

The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

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