The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
158 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- John ReyndersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Herbert MarshallSir John Menier
- Edward ChapmanTed Markham
- Esme PercyHandel Fane
- Norah BaringDiana Baring
- Phyllis KonstamDoucie Markham
- Marie WrightMiss Mitcham
- Miles ManderGordon Druce
- Gus McNaughtonTom Trewitt (uncredited)
- Donald CalthropIon Stewart
- S. J. WarmingtonBennett
- Esme V. ChaplinProsecuting Counsel
- Amy Brandon ThomasDefending Counsel
Stills
Movies like Murder!
Shows like Murder!
Themes
amnesiabased on novel or bookblack and whitemurder investigationmurder trial