31/01/1945
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Charles Laughton
as Philip Marshall
Ella Raines
as Mary Gray
Dean Harens
as John Marshall
Stanley Ridges
as Inspector Huxley
Henry Daniell
as Mr. Simmons
Rosalind Ivan
as Cora Marshall
Molly Lamont
as Mrs. Simmons
Raymond Severn
as Merridew
Eve Amber
as Sybil
Maude Eburne
as Mrs. Packer
Clifford Brooke
as Mr. Packer
Gerald Hamer
as Griswold (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
as Background Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
as Pogson (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
as Commuter (uncredited)
John Berkes
as Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Nina Campana
as Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
Tommy Cook
as Child Violinist (uncredited)
Frank Dawson
as Jarvis (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Helena Grant
as Miss Pomfret (uncredited)
Barbara Gray
as Model (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
as Margaret (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
as William Crummit (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles Knight
as Mr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Sidney Lawford
as Lord Eldon (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
as Mrs. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
as Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
as Mrs. Margett (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
as Model (uncredited)
Sheila Roberts
as Model (uncredited)
John Rogers
as Mr. Margett (uncredited)
Tony Santoro
as Waiter (uncredited)
Sally Shepherd
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
as Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
as Model (uncredited)
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