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The Spider Woman Strikes Back

"Mistress of Menace!"

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NR 1946 · 59m
Horror, Thriller
Starring Gale Sondergaard · Brenda Joyce · Kirby Grant
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A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

Theatrical
Mar 22, 1946
Director
Arthur Lubin
Writer
Eric Taylor
Producer
Howard Welsch
Studio
Universal Pictures
Keywords
poison california servant plant barn investigation bus driver deception caretaker camp black and white doctor investigator spin off held at gunpoint death disfigured face stock footage land grab evil woman damsel in distress scheme rancher
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Cast

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G
Gale Sondergaard
Zenobia Dollard
B
Brenda Joyce
Jean Kingsley
K
Kirby Grant
Hal Wentley
R
Rondo Hatton
Mario
H
Hobart Cavanaugh
Bill Stapleton
M
Milburn Stone
Mr. Moore
T
Tom Daly
Sam Julian
N
Norman Leavitt
Tom
R
Ruth Robinson
Mrs. Wentley (scenes deleted or never filmed)
A
Adda Gleason
Martha (scenes deleted or never filmed)
L
Lois Austin
Jenny Hawks (scenes deleted or never filmed)
E
Eula Guy
Molly Cowin (scenes deleted or never filmed)

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The Spider Woman Strikes Back - Taglines
Taglines Mistress of Menace!
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