Black Widow (1951)
62 min | Crime, Drama | 22 October 1951 (UK)
A woman and her lover plan the second death of her husband after their first attempt fails.
Director: Vernon Sewell
Writers: Allan MacKinnon (screenplay) (as Alan MacKinnon), Lester Powell (radio serial Return From Darkness)
Stars: Christine Norden, Robert Ayres, Jennifer Jayne
62 min | Crime, Drama | 22 October 1951 (UK)
A woman and her lover plan the second death of her husband after their first attempt fails.
Director: Vernon Sewell
Writers: Allan MacKinnon (screenplay) (as Alan MacKinnon), Lester Powell (radio serial Return From Darkness)
Stars: Christine Norden, Robert Ayres, Jennifer Jayne
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00:00As we have pleased Almighty God, of His great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul of our
00:06dear brother Mark, dear departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,
00:14ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
00:17Oh, Kenneth, you have the very deep sympathy of us all, Mr. Sheldon, our great father.
00:26May you have strength in the fire, dear Professor Arrington.
00:33Oh, madam, what a beautiful sight.
00:35How the Master would have liked it if only he could have been here to see it.
00:38Very nice of you to come along.
00:40None of us at all could dream of staying away.
00:42We were all very devoted to the Master, madam.
00:46If only he could have been here himself to see it.
00:49But who knows?
00:50Perhaps he did see it from wherever he is.
00:57Take me back to the hotel.
00:58I want to tell you something.
01:26Oh.
01:37It must have been a horrible shock to you when I came back alive.
01:41And yet you carried it off beautifully.
01:48I wonder what you and Paul are cooking up for the night.
01:56What's the matter, Chris?
01:57You're not really upset about Mark, are you?
02:00I'm more upset about Mark than I've ever been.
02:04Paul, he's not dead.
02:07What?
02:08That was some tramp we buried today.
02:11Mark arrived home last night.
02:12But why on earth did you...
02:13Just give me a chance, I'll explain.
02:15But this is fantastic.
02:17Where is he now?
02:18He's in bed.
02:19I made up a story about the doctor wanting him to sleep,
02:21and then I gave him two strong sleeping pills.
02:24What else could I do?
02:25But why on earth did you go through with the funeral?
02:27What is this?
02:28If everyone knows he's alive...
02:29Listen, Paul.
02:30Only two people on earth know he's alive.
02:33You and I.
02:34Well, that can't be true.
02:35He must have met people wherever...
02:36Mark had an accident.
02:37He lost his memory.
02:39Some people in Yorkshire looked after him.
02:41They know nothing about him,
02:42except that he came here to regain his memory.
02:45He stayed here at a hotel.
02:46They think his name is Smith.
02:47Yes, but when the people in Yorkshire find out...
02:48No, no, I fixed it.
02:50I sent them a telegram.
02:51I said his name was McCarthy, and he'd gone back to Ireland.
02:54Chris, this is nonsense.
02:55If they don't know now, they damn soon will.
02:58And then besides, what about Mark himself?
02:59What's he going to say about it?
03:01How soon will all this happen, Paul?
03:03From finding out, I mean.
03:04Well, tonight probably.
03:06Tomorrow, certainly.
03:06As soon as he sticks his nose outside the house.
03:10But supposing he never leaves the house, Paul?
03:12Supposing he never leaves the house again, alive?