The Suspect

1h 25m

Crime Drama Thriller

6.7

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

Cast

Charles Laughton

Philip Marshall

Inspector Huxley

Clifford Brooke

Griswold (uncredited)

Cabbie (uncredited)

Background Woman (uncredited)

Pogson (uncredited)

Commuter (uncredited)

Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Miss Crevy (uncredited)

Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)

Child Violinist (uncredited)

Jarvis (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Pauline Barlow (uncredited)

Miss Pomfret (uncredited)

Model (uncredited)

Margaret (uncredited)

Keith Hitchcock

William Crummit (uncredited)

Mr. Jevne (uncredited)

Mr. Chadwick (uncredited)

Lord Eldon (uncredited)

Hannah Barlow (uncredited)

Mrs. Jevne (uncredited)

Charles McNaughton

Waiter (uncredited)

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Mr. Frazer (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright

Mrs. Margett (uncredited)

Model (uncredited)

Model (uncredited)

Mr. Margett (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

Mrs. Brown (uncredited)

Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited)

Katherine Yorke

Model (uncredited)