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

Milburn Stone

as Mr. Moore

Rondo Hatton

as Mario the Monster Man

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Bill Stapleton

Ruth Robinson

as Mrs. Wentley

Adda Gleason

as Martha

Lois Austin

as Jenny Hawks

Tom Daly

as Sam Julian

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