A war hero accused of murder, a sleuth chasing ghosts through post-war France—justice or delusion?
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.
Acting
Donald Wolfit's thunderous judge steals every scene
Cinematography
Gloomy French locations that breathe unease
Director
Edmond T. Gréville
Andrée Debar
Vicki Martin
Barbara Laage
Jaqueline Delbois
Stephen Murray
Summers
John Justin
Nap Rumbold
Donald Wolfit
Judge
Norman Wooland
Pelton
Kynaston Reeves
Colonel Wright
Betty Stockfeld
Mrs. Roper
Hugh Morton
Rumbold Senior
Leslie Perrins
Poynter
Russell Napier
Inspector Hobson
Sydney Tafler
Camino
Margo Lion
Madame Gimelet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edmond T. Gréville was a French director who fled to Britain during WWII, bringing authentic tension to occupation-era stories.
Donald Wolfit, playing the judge, was legendary for his King Lear—his theatrical bombast here deliberately echoes tyrannical authority figures of the era.
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