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Vernon Sewell, a mercurial filmmaker who preferred to lens his pictures on chunks of his own property, was the director of Black Widow. We don't know which of Sewell's real estate holdings served as the locale for this amnesia meller. We can, however, tell you that the film was inspired by the BBC radio serial "Return from Darkness." Returning from you-know-where is Robert Ayres, who learns that his wife (Christine Norden) is planning to bump him off with the help of her boyfriend (Anthony Forwood). Ayres continues feigning a loss of memory until he is able to get the drop on his would-be murderers.
Original Release
10/22/1951
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christine Norden | Christine Sherwin |
Robert Ayres | Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac) |
Jennifer Jayne | Sheila Kemp |
Anthony Forwood | Paul Kenton |
John Longden | Mr. Kemp |
John Harvey | Dr. Wallace |
Reginald Dyson | Police Sergeant |
Joan Carol | First Hotel Desk Clerk / Hotel Desk Clerk |
Madoline Thomas | Sherwin Ex-Housekeeper / Mrs. Gladstone |
Jill Hulbert | Helen, Kemp's maid |
Directors
Writers
Allan MacKinnon, Lester Powell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christine Norden | Christine Sherwin |
Robert Ayres | Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac) |
Jennifer Jayne | Sheila Kemp |
Anthony Forwood | Paul Kenton |
John Longden | Mr. Kemp |
John Harvey | Dr. Wallace |
Reginald Dyson | Police Sergeant |
Joan Carol | First Hotel Desk Clerk / Hotel Desk Clerk |
Madoline Thomas | Sherwin Ex-Housekeeper / Mrs. Gladstone |
Jill Hulbert | Helen, Kemp's maid |
Bill Hodge | Second Hotel Desk Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anthony Hinds | Producer |