Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Newton

   Dr. Clive Riordan

2. 

   Phil Brown

   Bill Kronin

3. 

   Sally Gray

   Storm Riordan

4. 

   Naunton Wayne

   Supt. Finsbury

5. 

   James Harcourt

   Aitkin (butler)

6. 

   Betty Cooper

   Miss Stevens (receptionist)

7. 

   Allan Jeayes

   The Colonel, blustery club member

8. 

   Ronald Adam

   Talkative, balding club member

9. 

   Roddy Hughes

   Bespectacled third club member, from Whitehall

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09

This is probably the best straight-part effort from Robert Newton I've ever seen. He is super as the doctor "Riorden" who has had just about enough of his wife's infidelities so decides to rid himself of her latest flame "Bill" (Phil Brown). After surprising the couple at their home, he somehow (and this is very much the weaker part of the film) manages to get the man chained to the wall of a bombed-out basement where he proceeds to hold him captive for weeks, whilst implementing a particularly grizzly, but untraceable, plan to kill and dispose of him. Wife "Storm" (Sally Gray) suspects that s...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• jealousy
• police
• perfect crime
• scotland yard
• film noir
• psychological thriller
• psychiatrist
• captive
• british noir
• missing person
• insurance policy
• police inspector
• london bobby
• unfaithful wife
• poisoned drink
• thriller