The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
110 audience votes
Key crew
- Thorold DickinsonDirector
- A.R. RawlinsonScreenplay
- Bridget BolandScreenplay
- Richard AddinsellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anton WalbrookPaul Mallen (as Anton Wahlbrook)
- Diana WynyardBella Mallen
- Frank PettingellB.G. Rough
- Cathleen CordellNancy the Parlour Maid
- Robert NewtonUllswater
- Jimmy HanleyCobb
- Minnie RaynerElizabeth
- Marie WrightAlice Barlow
- Aubrey DexterHouse Agent
- Mary HintonLady Winterbourne
- Angus MorrisonPianist
- Jack BartyChairman of Music Hall
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Themes
marriagemurderdriven madrubies