
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Cast

Jean Simmons
Caroline Ruthyn

Katina Paxinou
Madame de la Rougierre

Derrick De Marney
Uncle Silas

Derek Bond
Lord Richard Ilbury

Sophie Stewart
Lady Monica Waring

Esmond Knight
Dr. Bryerly

Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Rusk

Guy Rolfe
Sepulchre Hawkes

Reginald Tate
Austin Ruthyn

Manning Whiley
Dudley Ruthyn

John Laurie
Giles

Frederick Burtwell
Branston

George Curzon
Sleigh
Patricia Glyn
Mary Quince

O.B. Clarence
Vicar
Frederick Ranalow
Rigg
Robin Netscher
Tom Hawkes

John Salew
Grimstone

Patricia Dainton
Guest at Ball (uncredited)

Charles Paton
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Crew

Charles Frank
Director
Ben Travers
Screenplay

Sheridan Le Fanu
Novel
Ralph Kemplen
Editor

Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Anthony Hearne
Second Assistant Director
Peter Bolton
Assistant Director
Laurence Irving
Producer, Production Design
Josef Somlo
Producer
Jack Hicks
Associate Producer
Robert Huke
Camera Operator

Irene Howard
Casting
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Kenneth Heeley-Ray
Sound Editor
John Cook
Sound Recordist
Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist
Fred Ryan
Boom Operator
Henry Harris
Special Effects
George Blackwell
Special Effects
Alan Rawsthorne
Music
John W. Gossage
Production Manager
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Ralph Brinton
Art Direction
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