Top billed cast

1. 

   Jack Hawkins

   Oliver Branwell

2. 

   Arlene Dahl

   Sarah Moreton Branwell

3. 

   Dennis Price

   Tracey Moreton

4. 

   Violet Farebrother

   Mrs. Moreton

5. 

   Ian Hunter

   Clive Fisher

6. 

   Malcolm Keen

   Old Abercrombie

7. 

   Geoffrey Keen

   Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie

8. 

   Patrick Holt

   Fred Connor

9. 

   John Robinson

   Berkeley Reckitt

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-07-26

A better than average crime noir that features Jack Hawkins as an insurance investigator drafted in, on Christmas Eve, to investigate a fire at a country house. When he gets there he discovers an old flame (Irene Dahl) married to the owner (Dennis Price). When he dies in a second fire at the house, Hawkins suspects that she was behind it for the insurance cash, but she convinces him not and they marry and all seems straightforward until a blackmailer rears his ugly head and together they have to try to get to the bottom of things. Hawkins is good in this, he keeps it all tense and although the...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• film noir
• british noir