The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Cyril FrankelDirector
- Derry QuinnScreenplay
- Stanley MunroScreenplay
- Peter ThomasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stewart GrangerSuperintendent Cooper Smith
- Susan HampshireTrudy Emberday
- Cathleen NesbittLivia Emberday
- James CullifordLuke Emberday
- Brigitte HorneyOberin
- Robert MorleyHubert Hamlyn
- Sophie HardySophie
- Colin GordonDice
- Eddi ArentClossen
- Diane ClareClare
- Allan CuthbertsonDet. Thompson
- Caroline BlakistonNun
Stills
Themes
scotland yard