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The Spider's Web
15 Chapters - 1938
Plot
"The Octopus,"
a masked crime lord, is bent on crippling the nation with a wave of
terror. He starts with the transportation system and then moves onto
industry. He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains
of industry. Richard Wentworth (Warren Hull), an amateur criminologist
who is friendly with the police, is secretly "The Spider," a
masked vigilante equally determined to wipe the Octopus and his gang
off the face of the earth. Pleasant and smiling in civilian life,
Wentworth is often ruthless as the Spider, slinging two guns against
the public enemies who attack him.
Wentworth also
masquerades as affable underworld lowlife Blinky McQuade. Disguised as
McQuade, Wentworth can infiltrate gangland at the hired-gun level and
keep current on the gang's plans.
The only people who know
Wentworth's other identities are his assistants Jackson (Richard Fiske)
and Ram Singh (Kenne Duncan), his butler Jenkins (Don Douglas), and
his fiancée Nita (Iris Meredith).
The Octopus was a
villain in a single issue pulp believed to have been written by
Norvell Page who wrote most of The Spider pulp stories. He is garbed
completely in white and is only ever seen sitting in a chair. Unlike
the pulps, The Spider is garbed in a lightweight full length costume
with web-like markings on it which resemble Spiderman's costume. The
serial follows the standard formula of fights, shoot-outs, Wentworth's
friends being kidnapped at various times and having to be rescued.
Each chapter ends with The Spider or his friends in deep trouble,
often about to be killed, but the effect is spoiled by a trailer for
the next episode which shows them in full health and fighting the
villains. The HQ of The Octopus is found by The Spider in the last
episode. He has unwittingly given himself away to Wentworth and
realises that only Wentworth could know, so of course he must die.
The Spider uses his line
(his web) a number of times to get out of trouble. Commissioner Kirk
(changed from Kirkpatrick in the pulps) suspects that Wentworth is The
Spider in one episode. The Octopus's gang wore robes too (this being
because they were a cheap disguise). He ruthlessly executed all who
failed him and in case of trouble, used a false arm, so concealing a
gun hidden by his robes, held by his real arm.
Cast
Warren Hull as The Spider, secret identity of Richard Wentworth, along
with Blinky McQuade
Iris Meredith as Nita Van Sloan, Richard Wentworth's fiancée Richard Fiske as Jackson, Ruchard Wentworth's driver Kenne Duncan as Ram Singh, Richard Wentworth's Sikh bodyguard Forbes Murray as Police Commissioner Stanley Kirk Don Douglas as Jenkins, Richard Wentworth's butler Marc Lawrence as Steve Harmon Charles C. Wilson as Chase John Tyrrell as Grafton, one of The Octopus' henchmen Eugene Anderson Jr. as Johnnie Sands Ann Doran as Mason's secretary Paul Whitney as Gray, a banker Beatrice Curtis as Kate Sands Gordon Hart as J. Mason Byron Foulger as Allen Roberts
Chapter
titles
Night
of Terror
Death Below High Voltage Surrender or Die Shoot to Kill Sealed Lips Shadows of the Night While the City Sleeps Doomed Flaming Danger The Road to Peril The Spider Falls The Manhunt The Double Cross The Octopus Unmasked
From: Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia
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Please keep in mind that this movie is of
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your large flat screen TV.
This Classic Serial is in the Public
Domain.
Date
of release: Oct 10, 1938
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