Overview
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Director and cast
- Don Siegel Director
- Sydney Greenstreet as Supt. George Edward Grodman
- Peter Lorre as Victor Emmric
- Joan Lorring as Lottie Rawson
- George Coulouris as Supt. John R. Buckley
- Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Vicky Benson
- Paul Cavanagh as Clive Russell
- Arthur Shields as Rev. Holbrook
- Morton Lowry as Arthur Kendall
- Holmes Herbert as Sir William Dawson
- Art Foster as PC Warren
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