A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Acting
Bogarde's haunted eyes say what 1961 legally couldn't.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness into devastation.
Direction
Dearden makes London's shadows feel like suffocation.
Director
Basil Dearden
Dirk Bogarde
Melville Farr
Sylvia Syms
Laura Farr
Dennis Price
Calloway
Anthony Nicholls
Lord Charles Fullbrook
Peter Copley
Paul Mandrake
Norman Bird
Harold Doe
Peter McEnery
Jack Barrett
Donald Churchill
Eddy Stone
Derren Nesbitt
Sandy
John Barrie
Inspector Harris
John Cairney
Bridie
Alan MacNaughtan
Scott Hankin
Mavis Villiers
Madge
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