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  • Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
  • Unrated
    TV Movie | 100 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
Unrated
TV Movie | 100 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

The private investigator Mark Higbie is drinking in a bar with his friend Frank, who is waiting for his fiancée Leigh Lockridge, and the bartender Carlo Lenzi. Out of the blue, a young woman asks Frank to help her to go to her car, but ...See moreThe private investigator Mark Higbie is drinking in a bar with his friend Frank, who is waiting for his fiancée Leigh Lockridge, and the bartender Carlo Lenzi. Out of the blue, a young woman asks Frank to help her to go to her car, but something happens and Frank screams, and his friends find his severed body. Soon Leigh goes to Mark's office and hires him to find what happened to her fiancé since Lt. Gully Conti believes she is involved in the murder. Her last husband vanished in a ship during a voyage with her and her twin sister Laura. Mark visits Gully in the precinct and learns that the suspect is a woman named Valerie Steffan. His further investigation shows that there were three previous cases similar to Frank's one, and all the bodies had their fluids sucked out of them. Mark's assistant researches the Lockridge family and learns that their parents died in a plane crash and an old Indian found the sisters, but one of them almost died bitten by spiders. Further, in accordance with ancient legends, women affected by a curse turn into giant spiders during the full moon and under stress, killing their victims. Mark proceeds his investigations and starts to believe that the legend might be true. Now he wants to know whether Leigh or Laura was the child bitten by spiders. And who is Valerie Steffan? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil See less
Director
Dan Curtis (directed by)
Writers
Robert Blees (teleplay by) (story by) | Earl W. Wallace (teleplay by) (as Earl Wallace)
Producer
Steven North (produced by)
Composer
Bob Cobert (music by) (as Robert Cobert)
Cinematographer
Editor
Leon Carrere (edited by)
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Updated Sep 16, 1977

Release date
Sep 16, 1977 (United States)

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23 cast members
Name Known for
Anthony Franciosa
Mark Higbie (as Tony Franciosa) Mark Higbie (as Tony Franciosa)   See fewer
Donna Mills
Leigh Lockwood Leigh Lockwood   See fewer
Patty Duke
Laura Lockwood (as Patty Duke Astin) Laura Lockwood (as Patty Duke Astin)   See fewer
June Lockhart
Mrs. Lockwood Mrs. Lockwood   See fewer
Max Gail
Ragsdale Ragsdale   See fewer
Jeff Corey
Aspa Soldado Aspa Soldado   See fewer
Roz Kelly
Flaps Flaps   See fewer
Sid Caesar
Lazlo Cozart Lazlo Cozart   See fewer
Vic Morrow
Lieutenant Conti Lieutenant Conti   See fewer
Michael DeLano
Carlo Lenzi Carlo Lenzi   See fewer
Robert Burton
Jeff Wallace Jeff Wallace   See fewer
Bryan O'Byrne
Oakes - Zoo Watchman Oakes - Zoo Watchman   See fewer
Tracy Curtis
Gymnast Gymnast   See fewer
Irene Cagen
Rita (as Irene Forest) Rita (as Irene Forest)   See fewer
Bruce French
Hospital Administrator Hospital Administrator   See fewer
Mari Gorman
Sophie Sophie   See fewer
Elizabeth Grey
Charlene Charlene   See fewer
H.B. Haggerty
Popeye Popeye   See fewer
Howard Honig
Harker Harker   See fewer
Rosanna Locke
Jennifer Jennifer   See fewer
Robert Nadder
Morgue Attendant Morgue Attendant   See fewer
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