Directed by:
Don SiegelScreenplay:
Peter MilneComposer:
Friedrich HollaenderCast:
Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields, Holmes Herbert, Clyde Cook, John Power (more)Plots(1)
Greenstreet plays George Grodman, a veteran Scotland Yard chief who is forced out after a murderer that he helped convict is found innocent after his execution. His successor is the pompous Buckley (George Coulouris), who vows to do much better. Lorre plays Victor Emmric, an artist illustrating a crime book that Grodman is writing. A tenant in a building near Grodman's apartment is found dead by a landlady who summons Grodman to the scene. The victim's door appears to have been locked from the inside. Chief Buckley fingers Clive Russell (Paul Cavanagh), a friend of Grodman. With only circumstantial evidence, the superintendent railroads Russell into a conviction that carries the death sentence. Grodman tries to prove his friend innocent, but the only woman who can provide Russell an alibi is dead. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
Al Ferguson
Ireland
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gaslight (1944)
East of Eden (1955)
![Eric Wilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/514/160514460_9b8db9.jpg)
Eric Wilton
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Gaslight (1944)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Wilson Benge
UK
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Olaf Hytten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/941/160941893_b0b10d.gif)
Olaf Hytten
UK
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Morton Lowry
UK
Best movies:
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Verdict (1946)
![Harry Cording](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/286/161286810_23f5df.jpg)
Harry Cording
UK
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
George Kirby
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
![Crauford Kent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/219/161219225_949d00.jpg)
Crauford Kent
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Boyd Davis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Herbert Evans
UK
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
C. Montague Shaw
Australia
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Random Harvest (1942)
The Rains Came (1939)
Billy Bletcher
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Double Wedding (1937)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Gerald Oliver Smith
UK
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
National Velvet (1944)
David Thursby
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Heiress (1949)
Reginald Sheffield
UK
Best movies:
Random Harvest (1942)
To Each His Own (1946)
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Arthur Gould-Porter
UK
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Random Harvest (1942)
Ted Jacques
USA
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Killers (1964)
The Big Steal (1949)
Boyd Irwin
UK
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Casey MacGregor
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The Verdict (1946)