Directed by:
Fletcher MarkleScreenplay:
Frank FentonCinematography:
George J. FolseyComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Nicholas Joy, Hank Worden, Mitchell Lewis, Roy Roberts (more)Plots(1)
The story follows a spirited demoiselle (Caron) determined to save her fiancé's grandfather from his malevolent - and possibly homicidal - servants. Fortified with glass after glass of on-the-cuff wine at a local tavern, an urbane, cloaked stranger comes to her aid. The gentleman displays keen detecting skills as the plot turns from suspicion to murder to the hunt for a missing will. But one thing he does not reveal: his own identity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joseph Cotten
USA
Best movies:
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Citizen Kane (1941)
The 3rd Man (1949)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
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Louis Calhern
USA
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Leslie Caron
France
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Jim Backus
USA
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Margaret Wycherly
UK
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Nicholas Joy
France
Best movies:
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Hank Worden
USA
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Mitchell Lewis
USA
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Roy Roberts
USA
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Richard Hale
USA
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Charles Watts
USA
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Phil Schumacher
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Joe De Santis
USA
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Tiny Jones
UK
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James Gonzalez
USA
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Francis Pierlot
USA
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Helen Eby-Rock
USA
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Steve Carruthers
USA
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Jean Inness
USA
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