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Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
Keywords
countryside
based on novel or book
country house
aunt niece relationship
birthday party
belt
murder
raincoat
1930s
on the lam
manhunt
father daughter relationship
innocent man
eye blinking
nervous twitch
wrongly accused
Casts
Nova Pilbeam
Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney
Robert Tisdall
Percy Marmont
Col. Burgoyne
Edward Rigby
Old Will
Mary Clare
Erica's Aunt Margaret
John Longden
Det. Insp. Kent
George Curzon
Guy
Basil Radford
Erica's Uncle Basil
Pamela Carme
Christine Clay
George Merritt
Det. Sgt. Miller
J.H. Roberts
Solicitor Henry Briggs
Jerry Verno
Lorry Driver
H.F. Maltby
Police Sergeant
John Miller
Police Constable
Pat Fitzpatrick
Harold a Little Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Anna Konstam
Elsie a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
Peggy Simpson
Alice a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
George Spence
Tramp in Cafe (uncredited)
Crews
Anthony Armstrong
Screenplay
Josephine Tey
Novel
Edward Black
Producer
Alfred Junge
Art Direction
Stephen Dade
Camera Operator
Edwin Greenwood
Screenplay
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Gerald Savory
Dialogue
Charles Bennett
Screenplay
Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography
Charles Frend
Editor
A. O'Donoghue
Sound Recordist
Louis Levy
Original Music Composer
Marianne
Wardrobe Designer
Pen Tennyson
Assistant Director
Jack Beaver
Original Music Composer
Reg Johnson
Assistant Camera
Louis Levy
Music Director
Alma Reville
Continuity
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