Top billed cast

1. 

   Beatrix Thomson

   Doris Stevens

2. 

   Patric Knowles

   Chris Jensen

3. 

   Glennis Lorimer

   Miss Molly Hobbes

4. 

   Reginald Purdell

   Alf

5. 

   Allan Jeayes

   Inspector Carter

6. 

   Frederick Piper

   Arthur Stevens

7. 

   Googie Withers

   Ella Levine

8. 

   Mabel Poulton

   Mamie

9. 

   Davina Whitehouse

   Maggie - Stevens' Maid

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-03

This is quite a decent little pot boiler that sees "Doris" (Beatrix Stevens) married to her wealthy, but thrifty husband "Alf" (Reginald Purdell). Now to put it mildly, she is pretty beastly to him and as she finally tires of his reluctance to waste his money on her, she conceives of a plan to get shot of him and claim his substantial life insurance - and she manages to embroil his rather naive, but equally cash-strapped, employee "Jensen" (Patric Knowles) in her plotting too. The title is a touch misleading; this isn't remotely a court-room drama. It is, though, quite a niftily paced drama ab...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• attempted murder
• life insurance
• gold digger
• insurance policy
• loan shark
• rich husband
• nasty wife
• scheming wife
• greedy wife
• wife murders husband
• cheapskate
• gun death
• dull husband
• stingy husband
• moneylender murdered