The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic65/100
152 audience votes
Key crew
- Seth HoltDirector
- Jimmy SangsterWriter
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Susan StrasbergPenny Appleby
- Ronald LewisRobert
- Ann ToddJane Appleby
- Christopher LeeDoctor Pierre Gerrard
- John SerretInspector Legrand
- Leonard SachsMr. Spratt
- Anne BlakeMarie the Maid
- Fred JohnsonMr. Appleby
- Madame LobegueSwiss Air Hostess (uncredited)
- Bernard BrowneGendarme (uncredited)
- Frederick RawlingsPlainclothes Sergeant (uncredited)
- Richard KleePlainclothes Sergeant (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
chauffeurdrowningfranceparaplegicstaged deathsecret identitystepmotherfrench rivieramurderdead bodyinheritancerescue from drowning