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