The Spider Woman Strikes Back

A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

Cast

Gale Sondergaard

as Zenobia Dollard

Brenda Joyce

as Jean Kingsley

Kirby Grant

as Hal Wentley

Rondo Hatton

as Mario

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Bill Stapleton

Milburn Stone

as Mr. Moore

Tom Daly

as Sam Julian

Norman Leavitt

as Tom

Ruth Robinson

as Mrs. Wentley (scenes deleted or never filmed)

Adda Gleason

as Martha (scenes deleted or never filmed)

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