
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
Cast

Michael Wilding
Philip Trent

Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Manderson

Orson Welles
Sigsbee Manderson

John McCallum
John Marlowe

Miles Malleson
Burton Cupples

Hugh McDermott
Calvin C. Bunner

Jack McNaughton
Martin

Sam Kydd
Inspector Murch

Kenneth Williams
Horace Evans

Geoffrey Bayldon
Reporter in Court
Ernest Blyth
Concert Attendee
Robert Cawdron
Police Constable

John Chandos
Tim O'Reilly
Anthony Collins
Conductor

Henry Edwards
Coroner
Eileen Joyce
Pianist
Ben Williams
Jimmy - Reporter
Crew

Herbert Wilcox
Director, Producer
Pamela Bower
Screenplay

E.C. Bentley
Novel
Bill Lewthwaite
Editor
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
Frank Hollands
Assistant Director
Maude Churchill
Costume Supervisor
Nora Bentley
Hairstylist
Helen Penfold
Hairstylist
Harold Fletcher
Makeup Supervisor
Anthony Collins
Original Music Composer
Len Townsend
Set Decoration
Wally Fairweather
Clapper Loader
Alan Hall
Clapper Loader
John Wilcox
Production Manager
William C. Andrews
Art Direction
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