'The Glass Web' (1953)

This week’s Saturday B movie is an interesting attempt at a 3-D film noir, The Glass Web from 1953.

I’d never heard of such an animal before. So, intrigued, I had to watch it.

And here it is, complete with Spanish subtitles. Just click the link, which won’t embed, so …

Have fun reading them, if you have any knowledge of Spanish, because the translation isn’t exactly exact. 🙂

Basically, this movie is like Scarlet Street meets Double Indemnity. Kinda. :)

Between expecting Edward G. Robinson (playing Henry, the nerdy researcher and art enthusiast) to start spouting suicide statistics and John Forsythe (who plays a writer on a true crime radio show) and his overwhelming guilt about something less than murder, plus the fact that the "victim" in this movie slept with anything in men's pants around, this was a pretty predictable bit of business.

I have to agree with Bosley Crowther on this one:

"Aside from the price of silence, which seems a most original one, there is little else that is original or even startling in this film. Katherine Hughes, who plays the blonde number, makes a dainty dish of poison, it is true, but the rest, including the performances of the two gentlemen, is pretty routine. As for suspense, it is evident who did the murder all the time. And it is plain that Mr. Forsythe will not be butchered. So what goes with this sort of show? Pardon a slightly pointed comment, but it's the kind of film you might see on TV."

Back then, that was considered an insult! :)

My how things have changed.

And here's the trailer, as if the movie didn't give you enough obvious clues.

PS: Unfortunately, the internet my browser I don't own 3-D glasses.

PPS: Here's another random scene (or two).