Synopsis
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph ThomasDirector
- Benjamin FrankelOriginal Music Composer
- Janet GreenScreenplay
Cast
- Jean SimmonsSophie Malraux
- Trevor HowardMaj. David Somers
- Sonia DresdelJess Fenton
- Barry JonesNicholas Fenton
- Kenneth MoreWilly Shepley
- Geoffrey KeenPolice Inspector
- André MorellSecret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
- Michael BrennanPolice Superintendent
- Gerard HeinzDr. Karl Cesare
- Lily KannMinna Cesare
- Eric PohlmannTaxidermist
- Richard WattisEmployment Agent
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Themes
liverpool, englandfilm noirbritish noirbritish secret servicebutterfly