Top billed cast

1. 

   Stewart Granger

   Stephen Lowry

2. 

   Jean Simmons

   Lily Watkins

3. 

   Bill Travers

   David Macdonald

4. 

   Finlay Currie

   Inspector Peters

5. 

   Ronald Squire

   Alfred Travers

6. 

   Belinda Lee

   Elizabeth Travers

7. 

   William Hartnell

   Herbert Moresby

8. 

   Frederick Leister

   Dr. Simpson

9. 

   Percy Marmont

   Magistrate

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14

I have always really enjoyed watching this film. It pairs Stewart Granger, at the top of his game, and his real life wife Jean Simmons and their chemistry is wonderfully effective in this aptly named dollop of Victorian melodrama. We start out on a rainy day in a London cemetery with Granger ("Lowry") burying his wife. He returns home, all doom and gloom, shuts his living room door, pours himself a glass of something then a huge smile beams across his face - nope, I don't think he is too upset to be shot of her. Twists and turns ensue as housemaid "Lily" (Simmons) discovers that perhaps her de...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• victorian england
• british noir
• murder mystery