A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
Acting
Eric Portman's simmering intensity as the doomed Eddie Tribe.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Thames-side locations that breathe noir.
Director
Compton Bennett
Ann Todd
Frances "Frankie" Tribe
Eric Portman
Eddie Tribe
Bill Owen
Ron
Maxwell Reed
Olaf Tyson
Edward Rigby
Bill Shackle
Eliot Makeham
Mr. Walter Bigley
Jane Hylton
Doris
Margaret Withers
Mrs.Bigley
John Turnbull
Superintendent
Maurice Denham
Inspector
Milton Rosmer
Governor
Andrew Crawford
Barber shop customer
Garry Marsh
Barber shop customer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ann Todd and director Compton Bennett married immediately after production, their second collaboration that year.
Shot during 1947's brutal winter, the frozen Thames footage wasn't staged—it was the coldest winter in three centuries.
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