When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
Acting
Ida Lupino's pre-stardom spark steals every frame.
Direction
Vorhaus squeezes maximum tension from 65 minutes.
Director
Bernard Vorhaus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ida Lupino was only 15 during filming, already commanding scenes opposite veterans twice her age.
Bernard Vorhaus fled to Hollywood soon after; this remains one of his few surviving British works.
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