Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard star in this classic British thriller based on Patrick Hamilton's play. After Alice Barlow (Marie Wright) is murdered in her own home by a thief seeking her priceless jewels the house lays empty for 20 years until the arrival of newly-weds Paul and Bella Mallen (Walbrook and Wynyard). Although he tries to divert his wife's attention away from his suspicious behaviour by convincing her she's going mad, Paul uses gaslights to search the house's closed upper floors for Alice's hidden jewels during the night. As B.G. Rough (Frank Pettingell), a detective from the original, unsolved murder case, becomes increasingly suspicious of Paul, he suspects him of hiding a sinister past identity...
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 81 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Screen ratio 1:1.33, Mono, Short films 'Spanish ABC' (1938), 'Behind the Spanish Lines' (1938), 'Westward Ho!' (1940), 'Miss Grant Goes to the Door' (1940), 'Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder' (1940), Original promotional materials and documents from the BFI National Archive (PDFs)