Crime · Drama
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.
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Top Cast
Ella Raines
Noel Faraday
Edmond O'Brien
Bob Regan
William Bendix
Lt. Damico
Vincent Price
Andrew Colby
Maria Palmer
Martha Kroner
John Abbott
Charles Murdock
Fritz Leiber
Leopold Kroner
Howland Chamberlain
James Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
Directed by
Michael Gordon
Production
Universal International PicturesReviews
John Chard
7/108/23/2015
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 good and solid film noir from one of the golden years of the film making style. Plot pitches O'Brien as a small time lawyer, who after impressing crafty businessman Vincent Price with his commitment to his work, gets hired as a minder since Price is worried about an old associate who has apparently issued a death threat. Sure enough all is not as it seems and before long O'Brien finds himself under scrutiny for the death of the associate. The writing isn't great as per the twists and turns, they
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