The Glass Web (1953) - Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes

Loading Page

Movie: The Glass Web

Top 10 Billed Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Henry Hayes

John Forsythe

Don Newell

Kathleen Hughes

Paula Rainer

Marcia Henderson

Louise Newell

Richard Denning

Dave Markson

Hugh Sanders

Police Lt. Mike Stevens

Jean Willes

Sonia

Eve McVeagh

Viv

Harry Tyler

Jake (as Harry O. Tyler)

John Hiestand

John Hiestand

Announcer

HomePage
Overview
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.
Release Date
1953-11-11
Average
6.292
Rating:
3.1 starts
Tagline
The Ultimate in Shocking, Suspenseful 3-D!
Genres
Crime Mystery Thriller
Languages:
English
Keywords
film noir murder

Recommendations Movies

66%

The Glass Key(en)

1942-09-08

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

1942-09-08

67%

Conflict(en)

1945-06-15

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

1945-06-15

72%

The Naked City(en)

1948-03-04

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

1948-03-04

61%

Black Angel(en)

1946-08-02

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

1946-08-02

71%

The Web(en)

1947-06-04

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.

1947-06-04

65%

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

1953-03-20

64%

M(en)

1951-03-01

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

1951-03-01

61%

The Mirror Crack'd(en)

1980-02-06

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

1980-02-06

66%

They Made Me a Fugitive(en)

1947-06-24

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

1947-06-24

63%

Witness to Murder(en)

1954-04-15

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

1954-04-15

67%

Lady on a Train(en)

1945-08-03

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.

1945-08-03

60%

The Dark Past(en)

1948-12-22

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

1948-12-22

66%

They Won't Believe Me(en)

1947-07-16

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

1947-07-16

61%

Lady in the Lake(en)

1946-12-19

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

1946-12-19

69%

Nightfall(en)

1956-11-09

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

1956-11-09

68%

Song of the Thin Man(en)

1947-08-28

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

1947-08-28

58%

Murder in Three Acts(en)

1986-09-30

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

1986-09-30

64%

The Locket(en)

1946-12-20

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

1946-12-20

70%

The Mask of Dimitrios(en)

1944-06-23

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

1944-06-23

65%

The Verdict(en)

1946-11-23

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

1946-11-23

Similar Movies

64%

Vantage Point(en)

2008-02-01

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

2008-02-01

66%

The Harder They Come(en)

1972-08-01

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

1972-08-01

69%

Alphaville(fr)

1965-05-05

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

1965-05-05

63%

Andha Naal(ta)

1954-04-13

Rajan, a radio engineer, is found murdered in Madras during the tense World War II era, amid fears of a Japanese air raid on the city. CID officer Sivanandham investigates the case as each suspect—Rajan's wife, lover, relatives, and neighbors—narrates a different version of events, revealing hidden motives and secrets that lead to the truth.

1954-04-13

66%

Conspiracy Theory(en)

1997-08-08

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

1997-08-08

53%

Red Sun(de)

1970-08-31

Thomas hitchhikes from Hamburg to Munich where he meets his ex-girlfriend, Peggy. Thomas doesn't have a bed for the night and goes home with Peggy, not knowing that she and her four roommates have all made a strange pact.

1970-08-31

65%

Radius(en)

2017-07-17

Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.

2017-07-17

56%

A Model Kidnapping(en)

2019-07-06

Grace, an aspiring model, is thrilled to have fashion photographer Hunter Kelly help launch her career. But when Grace is held against her will, Hunter’s true intention to use her as his next “star” on a sexy website is revealed. With courage and resourcefulness, Grace must now find a way to escape before she becomes Hunter’s next model murder victim. Inspired by true events.

2019-07-06

65%

Get Shorty(en)

1995-10-20

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

1995-10-20

42%

Piglady(en)

2023-08-22

Inspired by true events. Filmed at the murder scene. A group of friends, while on a Christmas vacation to a cabin in Southern Oregon, learn of a rumor of an antisocial woman who allegedly murders people and feeds her victims to pigs.

2023-08-22

61%

In the Name of the Law(tr)

1952-10-26

Car mechanic Nazım Usta marries the woman he loves, Ayten. Ayten's sister Nezahat also has feelings for Nazım. Nezahat's plans mark the beginning of a crime story that will lead all three of them to ruin.

1952-10-26

68%

The Man of the Year(pt)

2003-08-01

Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.

2003-08-01

60%

The 6th Day(en)

2000-11-17

A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

2000-11-17

65%

Devil in a Blue Dress(en)

1995-09-29

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

1995-09-29

62%

Dick Tracy(en)

1990-06-15

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

1990-06-15

58%

The Saviour(cn)

1980-01-08

Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...

1980-01-08

62%

Untraceable(en)

2008-01-22

Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.

2008-01-22