Crime Drama Thriller
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.
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Charles Laughton
Philip Marshall
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
Ernie Adams
Cabbie (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
Tommy Cook
Child Violinist (uncredited)
John Berkes
Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
Dean Harens
John Marshall
Edgar Norton
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
Waiter (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
Model (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Rosalind Ivan
Cora Marshall
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
Gerald Hamer
Griswold (uncredited)
Eve Amber
Sybil
Grayce Hampton
Margaret (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke
Mr. Packer
Raymond Severn
Merridew
Sally Shepherd
Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
Background Woman (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Commuter (uncredited)
Nina Campana
Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
Frank Dawson
Jarvis (uncredited)
Helena Grant
Miss Pomfret (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
William Crummit (uncredited)
Charles Knight
Mr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Sidney Lawford
Lord Eldon (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Mrs. Jevne (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Mrs. Margett (uncredited)
Sheila Roberts
Model (uncredited)
John Rogers
Mr. Margett (uncredited)
Tony Santoro
Waiter (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
Model (uncredited)

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