Spider’s Web, The
Date: 1960
Director: Godfrey Grayson
Production Company: Danziger Productions Ltd.
Stars: Glynis Johns, John Justin, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert
Location(s): Hertfordshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
A diplomat’s household is thrown into turmoil as each member suspects that another is guilty of murder.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 07 Nov 2024
An establishing shot of the home of Hailsham-Browns where Clarissa is annoyed that her diplomat husband Henry has been ordered back to the office. Identified by Greg Chapman as the Edgwarebury Hotel, on Barnet Lane, Elstree in Hertfordshire. (RL)
The driveway outside has become more of a car-park with the central oval of grass mostly removed. SJ
- Capture 2
- 07 Nov 2024
On an evening when Clarissa is alone, Henry's first wife's husband, Oliver Costello, drives towards the house. Now known as The Manor Elstree - Laura Ashley Hotel, Greg provides its interesting history and the fact that it features in many other films including 'The Devil Rides Out', 'My Lover My Son’, The Liquidator’, 'For Members Only', 'Sons of the Sea', 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'So Evil, So Young' as well as episodes of The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk Deceased. Greg adds that the front door was originally part of the dungeons in Lewes Castle. (RL)
That stump on the left looks like the remains of the capture's tree. SJ
- Capture 3
- 07 Nov 2024
The car is parked at the rear of the house. This must be around the back of the Edgwarebury Hotel.
Yes it is indeed with the garage's entrance breeze-blocked in. SJ
- Capture 4
- 07 Nov 2024
Inspector Lord (Peter Butterworth) runs through the grounds of the house during his murder investigations. The grounds of the Edgwarebury Hotel in Elstree located by Greg Chapman.
Using the top left of the capture as a guide, this is the north corner of the hotel, with an addition in sympathetic style. SJ