---
title: 'The Spider (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Elvey'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-spider-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033089/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Spider (1940)

1940 · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Spider is a 1940 British black-and-white crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Derrick De Marney and Diana Churchill. It was written by Victor M. Greene, Kenneth Horne and Reginald Long based on the 1931 novel The Midnight Mail by Henry Holt, and produced by Admiral Films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Elvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-elvey)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer)

## Cast

- [Diana Churchill](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-churchill)
- [Jack Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lambert-2)
- [Derrick De Marney](https://cinepixo.com/people/derrick-de-marney)
- [Cecil Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-parker)

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