Top billed cast

1. 

   Nova Pilbeam

   Erica Burgoyne

2. 

   Derrick De Marney

   Robert Tisdall

3. 

   Percy Marmont

   Col. Burgoyne

4. 

   Edward Rigby

   Old Will

5. 

   Mary Clare

   Erica's Aunt Margaret

6. 

   John Longden

   Det. Insp. Kent

7. 

   George Curzon

   Guy

8. 

   Basil Radford

   Erica's Uncle Basil

9. 

   Pamela Carme

   Christine Clay

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20

Now here's a question - whatever did happen to Nova Pilbeam? She is really good in this gentle little romantic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. A film star is murdered by her estranged husband after he gets fed up with all her affairs. Her body is found on the beach by one of her beaux "Robert Tisdall" (Derrick de Marney). He goes to fetch the police but is seen running from the crime and soon it is he that the police are searching for. It's at this point that it all gets a little too slapstick; he is caught; then lots of mix-ups and police incompetence before he eventually embarks on a mission...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• countryside
• based on novel or book
• country house
• aunt niece relationship
• birthday party
• belt
• murder
• black and white
• raincoat
• 1930s
• on the lam
• manhunt
• father daughter relationship
• innocent man
• eye blinking
• nervous twitch
• wrongly accused