Getting home after a long, but wonderful day in Manchester,I decided to relax by checking what movies were about to leave from Talking Pictures free online catch-up service Encore. Taken by the intriguing title, I decided to discover where the spider's web.
View on the film:
In only her second role of what would become a long career, Nadia Gray gives a mesmerizing performance as Saincaize, who like a flame flickers tempting passion out of the reach for Maubert, and a Femme Fatale in tune with fellow thief Lodocq (played with an enticing gentlemen thief charm by Guy Rolfe.)
Departing from a run he was having with Ealing Studios, director Robert Hamer & The Clouded Yellow (1950-also reviewed) cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth follow Lodocq's tightrope walking attempts to complete his crimes with high angle and side shots revealing him almost getting caught out by a cat,and striking close-ups on Saincaize, catching the eyes, not only of the audience, but also those of Maubert and Lodocq.
Laying out Lodocq's web, the screenplay by Robert Westerby takes a oddly detached approach to this Film Noir tale, with little tense urgency being placed on Maubert to stop Lodocq in his tracks, as Westerby's saves the moment that Maubert's feelings for Saincaize reach the surface for the terrific final note,as the spider's web snaps.
View on the film:
In only her second role of what would become a long career, Nadia Gray gives a mesmerizing performance as Saincaize, who like a flame flickers tempting passion out of the reach for Maubert, and a Femme Fatale in tune with fellow thief Lodocq (played with an enticing gentlemen thief charm by Guy Rolfe.)
Departing from a run he was having with Ealing Studios, director Robert Hamer & The Clouded Yellow (1950-also reviewed) cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth follow Lodocq's tightrope walking attempts to complete his crimes with high angle and side shots revealing him almost getting caught out by a cat,and striking close-ups on Saincaize, catching the eyes, not only of the audience, but also those of Maubert and Lodocq.
Laying out Lodocq's web, the screenplay by Robert Westerby takes a oddly detached approach to this Film Noir tale, with little tense urgency being placed on Maubert to stop Lodocq in his tracks, as Westerby's saves the moment that Maubert's feelings for Saincaize reach the surface for the terrific final note,as the spider's web snaps.