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Nova Pilbeam
Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney
Robert Tisdall
Percy Marmont
Col. Burgoyne
Edward Rigby
Old Will
Mary Clare
Erica's Aunt Margaret
John Longden
Det. Insp. Kent
George Curzon
Guy
Basil Radford
Erica's Uncle Basil
Pamela Carme
Christine Clay
George Merritt
Det. Sgt. Miller
J.H. Roberts
Solicitor Henry Briggs
Jerry Verno
Lorry Driver
H.F. Maltby
Police Sergeant
John Miller
Police Constable
Pat Fitzpatrick
Harold a Little Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Anna Konstam
Elsie a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
Peggy Simpson
Alice a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022

Now here's a question - whatever did happen to Nova Pilbeam? She is really good in this gentle little romantic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. A film star is murdered by her estranged husband after he gets fed up with all her affairs. Her body is found on the beach by one of her beaux "Robert Tisdall" (Derrick de Marney). He goes to fetch the police but is seen running from the crime and soon it is he that the police are searching for. It's at this point that it all gets a little too slapstick; he is caught; then lots of mix-ups and police incompetence before he eventually embarks on a mission ...