The glass network

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Movie
German title The glass network
Original title The Glass Web
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1953
length 81 minutes
Rod
Director Jack Arnold
script Robert Blees , Leonard Lee
production Albert J. Cohen
camera Maury Gertsman
cut Red J. Kent
occupation

The glass web (original title: The Glass Web ) is a 3D- filmed American film from 1953 by Jack Arnold . The film is based on the 1952 novel Spin the Glass Web by Max Ehrlich .

action

The young screenwriter Don Newell successfully adapts current real crime for the live program Crimes of the Week and has an affair with the actress Paula.

Don's superior Henry Hayes, forensic advisor to the show, also tries to win Paula's affection through role offers and gifts of money. However, this constantly rejects him. When Don tries to end his affair with Paula, the actress threatens to tell his wife about the relationship with her and blackmails him.

The evening Don wants to pay the hush money, Henry precedes him, who visits Paula to confess his love to her. Paula makes fun of Henry and tries to throw him out of the apartment. At the same time, Don enters the house and hears Paula's angry voice through the door. When finally celebrating neighbors appear in the hallway, Don hides in the stairwell. When it is quiet, he enters the apartment and finds Paula murdered. Don tries to get his legacies out of the affair. When leaving the apartment, Don is stopped by two drunk ladies, and he is seen leaving the elevator. When Don finally realizes he's lost one of the pieces of evidence and hurries back to Paula's apartment, it's too late. The police have already arrived.

The police first arrested the husband, who was separated from Paula. As the person responsible for the broadcast, Henry is revealed about the investigation at the scene.

Henry convinces the producer to put on the next show about Paula's case. Material is obtained about the case and Don begins the script. Henry brings Don some papers and tells him that he thinks Don is the killer. In return for his silence, he demands that Don leave the station after the next episode of Crimes of the Week . The police are even present on the broadcast about Paula's death. The crime scene is recreated down to the smallest detail. Henry is amazed at the faithful dialogues of the actors from Don's script, which correspond to his and Paula's dialogues, and becomes suspicious. Henry betrayed himself with his attention to detail to Don, however, by even playing the same record that Paula put on that day. This makes Newell aware that Henry is the real killer. It is now also clear to him that Don can convict him and tries to kill him. With foresight, Don turned on a camera in the studio so that the police who were still present could hear Henry's confession and prevent Don from attempting to murder him by shooting him.

criticism

Cinema titled the film as a "one-dimensional B-movie filmed in 3-D".

Filmdienst called the film average and largely boring , but praised the professional acting performances .

Trivia

Although The Glass Web was originally released in 3D, there are only three special effects that follow one after the other. When Don drags through the night, a truck brakes and a ladder on the roof slides into the audience. A pile of newspapers is thrown into the audience and rubble slides through the screen at a construction site.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film review on Cinema.de, accessed September 13, 2019
  2. ↑ Film review on filmdienst.de , accessed September 13, 2019