A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Acting
Jean Simmons' eyes do more work than the script.
Cinematography
Fog so thick you could hide a body. They do.
Costume
Every corset screams 'I have secrets.'
Director
Arthur Lubin
Stewart Granger
Stephen Lowry
Jean Simmons
Lily Watkins
Bill Travers
David Macdonald
Finlay Currie
Inspector Peters
Ronald Squire
Alfred Travers
Belinda Lee
Elizabeth Travers
William Hartnell
Herbert Moresby
Frederick Leister
Dr. Simpson
Percy Marmont
Magistrate
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Park
Peter Bull
Brasher
Sheila Manahan
Rose Moresby
Norman MacOwan
Grimes (as Norman Macowan)
Cameron Hall
Corcoran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Granger and Simmons were married in real life during filming, which adds delicious tension to every scene.
This bombed in America because studio execs thought Americans wouldn't understand blackmail. The 1950s were optimistic.
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