The read
It runs a compact 47m.
Synopsis
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph Jefferson FarjeonScreenplay
- Philip MacDonaldScreenplay
- Michael PowellScreenplay
- Jerome JacksonScreenplay
- Michael PowellDirector
Cast
- Stewart RomeFrancis Xavier Benedik / Boswell Marsh
- John LongdenAnthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
- Dorothy BoydPetronella 'Peter' Rickforth
- Charles PatonSamuel Faraday Rickforth
- Leslie MitchellBasil Woolrich
- Sybil GroveElsa Victoria Fairburn, Benedik's housekeeper
- Cecil ClaytonMr Musgrove, theatre ticket agent
- Fletcher LightfootWilliam Prout, Benedik's butler
- Edmund WillardCaptain Inigo 'Glassy' James
- Eileen LambChristabel Pagan, Benedik's private secretary
- Fred SchwarzMacDonald, creditor
Stills
Themes
murderbusiness tycoon