Synopsis
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur B. WoodsDirector
- Monckton HoffeScreenplay
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
- Harold GoldmanScreenplay
Cast
- Robert MontgomeryLord Peter Wimsey
- Constance CummingsHarriet Vane
- Leslie BanksInspector Kirk
- Seymour HicksMervyn Bunter (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
- Robert NewtonFrank Crutchley
- Googie WithersPolly
- Frank PettingellPuffett
- Joan Kemp-WelchAggie Twitterton
- Aubrey MallalieuRev. Simon Goodacre
- James CarneyConstable Sellon
- Roy EmertonNoakes
- Louise HamptonMrs. Ruddle
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Themes
amateur detectivehoneymoonmurderchimney sweep