The Black Spider is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by William Humphrey and starring Mary Clare, Bertram Burleigh, and Ronald Colman.[1] 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.

Plot

A series of robberies have been committed against wealthy inhabitants of Monaco by a thief known as 'The Black Spider'. A young woman steals her aunt's jewels as a joke, pretending to be the Black Spider, but a detective is soon on her trail.

Cast

• Mary Clare as Angela Brentwood
• Lydia Kyasht as Angela Carfour
• Bertram Burleigh as Archie Lowndes
• Sam Livesey as Reggie Cosway
• Robert Corbins as Archie Lowndes
• Ronald Colman as Vicomte de Beaurais
• Betty Hall as Irene Carfour
• Hayden Coffin as Lord Carfour
• Adeline Hayden Coffin as Lady Carfour
• Dorothy Cecil as Marjorie West

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

References

External links

• The Black Spider at IMDb

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