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
Ernie Adams
Cabbie (uncredited)
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
Lillian Bronson
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
Tommy Cook
Child Violinist (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
Waiter (uncredited)
Rosalind Ivan
Cora Marshall
Richard Neill
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John Berkes
Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
Dean Harens
John Marshall
Raymond Severn
Merridew
Rebel Randall
Model (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
Margaret (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke
Mr. Packer
Eve Amber
Sybil
Gerald Hamer
Griswold (uncredited)
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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