Black widow

Resource Information

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Label

Black widow

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox ; screen play by Nunnally Johnson from a story by Patrick Quentin ; produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson

Creator

• Black widow (Motion picture : 1954)

Contributor

• Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980
• Powell, Edward B.
• Clarke, Charles G., 1899-1983
• Raft, George
• Ransford, Maurice, 1896-1968
• Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Scott, Walter M.
• Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002
• Tierney, Gene
• Travilla, William, 1922-1990
• Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987
• Homeier, Skip
• Howard, Dorcy, 1909-1986
• Johnson, Nunnally
• Heflin, Van, 1910-1971
• Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974
• Harline, Leigh
• Leith, Virginia, 1932-
• Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982
• Garner, Peggy Ann
• Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990

Actor

• Homeier, Skip
• Tierney, Gene
• Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
• Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
• Raft, George
• Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980
• Garner, Peggy Ann
• Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982
• Leith, Virginia, 1932-
• Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974
• Heflin, Van, 1910-1971

Arranger

• Powell, Edward B.

Artistic director

• Ransford, Maurice, 1896-1968
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990

Cinematographer

• Clarke, Charles G., 1899-1983

Composer

• Harline, Leigh

Conductor

• Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989

Costume designer

• Travilla, William, 1922-1990

Director

• Johnson, Nunnally

Film editor

• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002

Producer

• Johnson, Nunnally

Screenwriter

• Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987
• Johnson, Nunnally

Set designer

• Scott, Walter M.
• Howard, Dorcy, 1909-1986

Subject

• Dramaturgos -- Nueva York (Estado) | Nueva York -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Film noir
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Asesinato -- Nueva York (Estado) | Nueva York -- Teatro
• Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Women dramatists -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Homicide -- Investigation -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Homicide -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Murder -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama

Genre

• Teatro
• Feature films
• Film noir
• Drama

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series of flashbacks reveal the plan she was weaving to climb the social ladder

Related

• Studio classics 75 years

Member of

• Fox film noir, 22

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Charles G. Clarke ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Leigh Harline ; music conducted by Lionel Newman ; orchestration, Edward B. Powell ; art director, Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Dorcy Howard ; costumes designed by Travilla

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.F54

LC item number

B5335 2008

PerformerNote

Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner, Reginald Gardiner, Virginia Leith, Otto Kruger, Cathleen Nesbitt, Skip Homeier, Hilda Simms

Runtime

95

Series statement

Fox film noir

Series volume

22

Technique

live action