“The suspense-tense surprise of the year!”
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Anthony Asquith
Teddy Baird
John Cresswell
Desmond Dickinson
John Wooldridge
Jean Kent
Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)
Dirk Bogarde
R.W. (Bob) Baker
John McCallum
Michael Murray
Susan Shaw
Catherine Taylor
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Finch
Charles Victor
Albert Pollard
Duncan Macrae
Supt. Lodge
Lana Morris
Lana Clark
Joe Linnane
Inspector Butler
Vida Hope
Shirley Jones
John Boxer
Detective Lucas
Albert Chevalier
W.T. Gunter
... and 14 more
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Rhetorical question but how is it possible to murder a fortune teller? Surely she should have anticipated the crime and had the constabulary ready and waiting? Well apparently not as "Madame Astra" (Jean Kent) is found slain. It falls to policeman "Lodge" (Duncan Macrae) to try and piece together ju...
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Javelin Films
Vic Films Productions