The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Vernon SewellDirector
- Guy ElmesWriter
- Gaston LazareWriter
Cast
- Dermot WalshFrank Manning
- Hazel CourtClare Manning
- Hermione BaddeleyMadame Del Mar
- Alexander GaugeSmith
- Bill TraversRex
- Archie DuncanJim Fenton
- James VivianLarry Fenton
- Frederick SchreckerPlattnaur
- John PenrosePaulson
- Hugh LatimerInspector Barlow
- Beryl BaxterPlattnauer's Accomplice
- Gwen BaconMatron
Stills
Themes
envelopecriminalauditor