Black Widow (1951)
Mark Sherwin is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the road. Thinking it is someone who has been hit by a car he stops to see if he can help. What he gets for his efforts is a vicious belt to the head from a lead cosh. He is then relieved of his wallet and his car. Several minutes later having somewhat recovered, he staggers to a nearby farmhouse and collapses.
- Date of release
- 1951-10-22
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Vernon Sewell
Casting
- Christine Norden — Christine Sherwin
- Robert Ayres — Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac)
- Jennifer Jayne — Sheila Kemp
- Anthony Forwood — Paul Kenton
- John Harvey — Dr. Wallace
- John Longden — Mr. Kemp
- Madoline Thomas — Mrs. Gladstone
- Joan Carol — Hotel Desk Clerk
Interesting facts
Black Widow, also referred to as The Black Widow, is a 1951 British second feature thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Christine Norden and Robert Ayres. It was a Hammer Film production written by Allan MacKinnon based on Lester Powell's 1948 radio serial Return from Darkness. This was the first film Hammer produced at Gilston Park. Filming began on 17 April 1951. Hammer tried to play up former singer Christine Norden as a star, but her career fizzled out at age 28, after two more films.
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