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
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

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

  1. The Glass Web at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. 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.

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