Top Billed Cast

Ann Blyth
Lady Mary
Edmund Purdom
Michael Dermott
David Niven
James - Duke of Brampton
George Sanders
King Charles II
Roger Moore
Jack
John Dehner
Captain Herrick
Sean McClory
Sheldon
Tudor Owen
Simon
Melville Cooper
Henry Wynch
Alan Mowbray
Sir Gilbert Talbot
Rhys Williams
Turnkey
Joan Elan
Charity Fell
Charles Davis
Apothecary
Ian Wolfe
Fell
Paul Cavanagh
Sir Edward Scott
Lillian Kemble-Cooper
Mrs. Fell
Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Bennett
Milton Parsons
Adam Urich
Lord Layton
Jacob Hall
Queenie Leonard
Apothecary's Wife
Owen McGiveney
Hoskins
Robert Dix
Husky
Michael Dugan
Husky
James Logan
Guard
Jimmy Aubrey
Little Man (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
Servant (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
Beadle (voice) (uncredited)
Ronald Green
Hired Swordsman (uncredited)
Peter Hansen
Sir Isaac Newton (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill
Lord (uncredited)
Charles Keane
Guard (uncredited)
Keith McConnell
Usher (uncredited)
John Monaghan
Shaddy (uncredited)
Matt Moore
Gentleman (uncredited)
Clive Morgan
Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren
Courier (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Courier (uncredited)
Lewis L. Russell
Gentleman (uncredited)
Gilchrist Stuart
Clerk (uncredited)
Trevor Ward
Perspiring Man (uncredited)
Trude Wyler
Celestine (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 14 2022

Edmund Purdom plays "Michael Dermott" a petty crook and the hero in this tale of a 17th Century plot by the evil, ambitious "Duke of Brampton" (David Niven) to amass a fortune by denouncing as many wealthy nobles as he can before he can depose the weak Charles II (George Sanders) and rule Britain. Ann Blyth is the daughter of one such man who was hung for treason. She enlists the help of Purdom and they set out to foil these dastardly plans with the aid of the Duke's self-incriminating little black book. It's a fine looking film, and Niven and Sanders put some class into it. Otherwise, though, ...