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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