The Spider's Web (Original title)The Spider's Web by Agatha Christie (Alternative title)
Dates: 15 April 1960 (Production), 21 November 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Godfrey Grayson
Synopsis: Who-done-it about a number of people and a child involved in a country house murder. Based on the play by Agatha Christie
Genre: Crime
Subject: Homicide
Releases
Date: 1960not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8010 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1960Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English / Credits: English
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8382 11 Nov 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2772 17 Nov 1960 Page: 25
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2772 17 Nov 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v27 n323 December 1960 Page: 172
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n323 December 1960: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(20)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160210
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1973BFI identifier: C-160209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-113569
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(2)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-113569
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WAVUncompressed - BFI identifier: N-10020175
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Film materials(18)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyLength: 28 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504924
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 175 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504921
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 127 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-504917
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 118 FeetStock date: 1966BFI identifier: C-160212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7840 FeetStock date: 1966BFI identifier: C-160217
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7888 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504916
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160210
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1973BFI identifier: C-160209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 745 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504930
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7840 FeetStock date: 1959Stock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-160213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 9 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504929
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 122 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160215
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7843 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160218
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 18 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-1069052
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 17 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504923
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 14 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504925
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7882 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504915
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 124 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504918
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 15 April 1960 (Production), 21 November 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Godfrey Grayson
Synopsis: Who-done-it about a number of people and a child involved in a country house murder. Based on the play by Agatha Christie
Genre: Crime
Subject: Homicide
Releases
Date: 1960not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8010 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1960Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English / Credits: English
Credits
(14)
Production Company: Danziger Productions Ltd, Producer: Edward J. Danziger, Producer: Harry Lee Danziger, Production Supervisor: Brian Taylor, Screenplay: Albert G. Miller, Screenplay: Eldon Howard, Original play: Agatha Christie, Director of Photography: Jimmy Wilson, Editor: William Lewthwaite, Art Director: Norman Arnold, Music: Tony Crombie, Sound Recording: John Smith, Studio: New Elstree Studios
Cast
(12)
Glynis Johns (Clarissa), John Justin (Henry), Jack Hulbert (Roly), Cicely Courtneidge (Miss Peake), Ronald Howard (Jeremy), David Nixon (Elgin), Wendy Turner (Pippa), Basil Dignam (Hugo), Joan Sterndale-Bennett (Mrs. Elgin), Ferdy Mayne (Oliver), Peter Butterworth (Inspector Lord), Anton Rodgers (Sgt. Jones)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: The Daily Cinema n8382 11 Nov 1960 Page: 6Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8382 11 Nov 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2772 17 Nov 1960 Page: 25
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2772 17 Nov 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v27 n323 December 1960 Page: 172
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n323 December 1960: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(20)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160210
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1973BFI identifier: C-160209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-113569
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(2)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-113569
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WAVUncompressed - BFI identifier: N-10020175
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Film materials(18)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyLength: 28 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504924
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 175 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504921
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 127 FeetStock date: 1979BFI identifier: C-504917
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 118 FeetStock date: 1966BFI identifier: C-160212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7840 FeetStock date: 1966BFI identifier: C-160217
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7888 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504916
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160210
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7971 FeetStock date: 1973BFI identifier: C-160209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 745 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504930
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7840 FeetStock date: 1959Stock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-160213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 9 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504929
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 122 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160215
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7843 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-160218
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 18 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-1069052
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 17 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-504923
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 14 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504925
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7882 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504915
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 124 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-504918
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status