Top billed cast

1. 

   James Mason

   Michael Joyce

2. 

   Rosamund John

   Emma Wright

3. 

   Pamela Mason

   Kate Howard

4. 

   Ann Stephens

   Ann Wright

5. 

   Morland Graham

   Clay

6. 

   Brefni O'Rorke

   Dr. Farrell

7. 

   Henry Oscar

   Coroner

8. 

   Jane Hylton

   Miss Marsh

9. 

   Sheila Huntington

   First Girl Student

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07

James Mason is both measured and potent in this crime story of a brain surgeon "Michael Joyce" who performs a life-saving operation on a young girl. He falls in love with the girl's (married) mother "Emma" (Rosamund John) and when she is found dead at the foot of her bedroom window one day, he begins to question the verdict of suicide and determines to get to the bottom of what really happened. It's told by way of a retrospective - he is lecturing his students about a "fictional" case of murder where the killer is sane and calculating - and that gives the story quite a bit of pace and menace. ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• british noir
• neurosurgeon