The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Carol ReedDirector
- Sidney GilliatScreenplay
- Louis LevyOriginal Music Composer
- Charles WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Margaret LockwoodAnne Graham
- Barry K. BarnesStephen Farringdon
- Emlyn WilliamsTracy
- Roger LiveseyBill Maher
- Basil RadfordDoctor Threadgrove
- Margaretta ScottJudith Bentley
- Wyndham GoldieEdward Bentley
- Irene HandlGertrude Mary Blaker
- Mervyn JohnsJames Fetherwood
- Betty JardineElsie
- Kathleen HarrisonCook
- Felix AylmerProsecuting Counsel