The Glass Web

The Glass Web
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Arnold
Screenplay by	Robert Blees Leonard Lee
Based on	Spin the Glass Web by Max Simon Ehrlich
Starring	Edward G. Robinson John Forsythe Kathleen Hughes Eve McVeagh
Music by	Milton Rosen Frank Skinner Herman Stein
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release dates	November 11, 1953 (1953-11-11) (New York City)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Glass Web is a 1953 3-D film noir directed by Jack Arnold and starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, and Eve McVeagh.^[1] It is based on Max Simon Ehrlich's 1952 novel "Spin the Glass Web".

Plot

A research authority for television crime show knows too much about fact-based murder story.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson as Henry Hayes
John Forsythe as Don Newell
Kathleen Hughes as Paula Rainer (Abbott)
Richard Denning as Dave Markson
Eve McVeagh as Viv
Hugh Sanders as Detective Lt. Mike Stevens
Jean Willes as Sonia
Marcia Henderson as Louise Newell

Reception

Critical response

When the film was first released, The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a negative review, writing, "Aside from the price of silence, which seems a most original one, there is little else that is original or even startling in this film. Katherine Hughes, who plays the blonde number, makes a dainty dish of poison, it is true, but the rest, including the performances of the two gentlemen, is pretty routine. As for suspense, it is evident who did the murder all the time. And it is plain that Mr. Forsythe will not be butchered. So what goes with this sort of show? Pardon a slightly pointed comment, but it's the kind of film you might see on TV.^[2]

References

↑ The Glass Web at the Internet Movie Database.
↑ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, "Edward G. Robinson and John Forsythe Star in The Glass Web, a Thriller at Palace film", film review, November 12, 1953. Accessed: July 8, 2013.

External links

The Glass Web at the Internet Movie Database
The Glass Web at AllMovie
The Glass Web at the TCM Movie Database
The Glass Web film trailer on YouTube

Films directed by Jack Arnold

With These Hands (1950)
Girls in the Night (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
The Glass Web (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Red Sundown (1956)
Outside the Law (1956)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Man in the Shadow (1957)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
High School Confidential (1958)
The Space Children (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
A Global Affair (1964)
The Lively Set (1964)
Hello Down There (1969)
Black Eye (1974)
Boss Nigger (1975)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

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