The Web

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

Cast

Ella Raines

as Noel Faraday

Edmond O'Brien

as Bob Regan

William Bendix

as Lt. Damico

Vincent Price

as Andrew Colby

Maria Palmer

as Martha Kroner

John Abbott

as Charles Murdock

Fritz Leiber

as Leopold Kroner

Howland Chamberlain

as James Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)

Tito Vuolo

as Emilio Canepa

Wilton Graff

as District Attorney

Reviews

John Chard

I'm a lawyer not a bodyguard. The Web is directed by Michael Gordon and collectively written by William Bowers, Bertram Millhauser and Harry Kurnitz. It stars Edmond O'Brien, Ella Raines, William Bendix and Vincent Price. Music is by Hans J. Salter and cinematography by Irving Glassberg. A goo...

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