Along Came a Spider

• Director: Lee H. Katzin
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• Genre: Mystery
• Main Cast: Ed Nelson, Suzanne Pleshette
• Release Year: 1970
• Country: US
• Run Time: 75 minutes

Plot

This TV movie stars Suzanne Pleshette as the embittered widow of a research scientist. Seeking justice, she conceals her identity and goes after the professor (Ed Nelson) she holds responsible for her husband's "accidental" death. Pleshette launches an affair with the professor in order to get the goods on him, but she genuinely falls in love and comes to believe in his innocence. But the professor knows all too well that her husband's demise was no accident. Adapted from a novel by Leonard Lee, Along Came a Spider ran 73 minutes when it was first telecast in February of 1970; it was expanded to 92 minutes when released theatrically abroad. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Anderson - District Attorney Freiberg; Brooke Bundy - Adrienne Klein; Frank Ferguson - Dr. Andrew Blake; Virginia Gregg - Dr. Sylvia Newman; Ed Nelson - Dr. Martin Becker; Suzanne Pleshette - Anne Banning/Janet Furie; Andrew Prine - Sam Howard; Milton Selzer - Dr. Leonard Schuster

Credit

William J. Creber - Art Director, Jack Martin Smith - Art Director, Lee H. Katzin - Director, Desmond Marquette - Editor, Alan A. Armer - Executive Producer, David Rose - Composer (Music Score), William J. Creber - Production Designer, Robert C. Moreno - Cinematographer, William Faralla - Producer, Barry Oringer - Screenwriter, Leonard Lee - Book Author

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