The read
It runs a compact 1h 7m.
Synopsis
Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert de CourvilleDirector
- Frank LaunderWriter
- Sidney GilliatWriter
- Bretton ByrdOriginal Music Composer
- John GreenwoodOriginal Music Composer
- Jack BeaverOriginal Music Composer
- Louis LevyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edmund LoweHarwood
- Constance CummingsCaryl Fenton
- Thomy BourdellePaul Turbé
- Henry OscarAxel Hoyt
- Felix AylmerSir Charles Webber
- O.B. ClarenceRegistrar
- Allan JeayesWagner
- Anthony HollesReception Clerk
- David HorneHotel Manager
- Edwin LaurenceGuildhall Guide
- James HarcourtVicar
- Margaret DavidgeHousekeeper (Uncredited)
Stills
Themes
london, englandcountrysideprivate investigatorsabotageinsurance agenttrain wreckdisappeared corpsenice france