Black Widow (1987 film)

Black Widow is a 1987 film noir thriller film starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey and Nicol Williamson. Dennis Hopper has a short role at the beginning of the film.

The story centers on two women. Catherine Theresa Russell is a psychopathic femme fatale whose true name and motivation are never known. She preys on wealthy middleaged men, seducing them into marriage and then fatally poisoning them. Each death is misdiagnosed as Ondines curse, a condition by which seemingly healthy middleaged men die in their sleep. Justice Department agent Alexandra Alex Barnes Debra Winger stumbles onto the first murder while investigating another case. As Alex delves further into the case, she uncovers a pattern which she believes ties the same woman to several similar murders.Using exhaustive research and preparation as well as identity and appearance changes, Catherine weaves her web anew with each murder, killing a publishing magnate, a toy maker Dennis Hopper, and a museum curator Nicol Williamson, and is quickly moving on to her next victim Paul Nuytten Sami Frey, an international hotel tycoon. Later, she reveals that she has been married six times, and possibly has murdered all her husbands. ........

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