Synopsis
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Sheldon ReynoldsDirector
- Sheldon ReynoldsWriter
Cast
- Patrick O'NealRichard Cutting
- Joan HackettDominique Laurant
- John GielgudCurt Valayan
- Herbert LomMatt Wilson
- Eric PortmanNotary
- Peter van EyckWalter Green
- Oskar HomolkaInspector Ruff
- Leon GreeneThe Big Man
- Kent SmithMr. Eversley
- Philip OberBohlen
- Fifi D'OrsayMrs. Hennie
- Éva SzörényiLandlady (as Eva Soreny)
Stills
Themes
detectivezurichswitzerlandinsurance fraudbluffmurderprivate investigatorinsurance investigatorprivate detectivewoman drownedsinking shipprivate eye