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About
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Theatrical
Jan 26, 1945
Director
Writer
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Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →C
Charles Laughton
Philip Marshall
E
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
D
Dean Harens
John Marshall
S
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
H
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
R
Rosalind Ivan
Cora Marshall
M
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
R
Raymond Severn
Merridew
M
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer
C
Clifford Brooke
Mr. Packer
G
Gerald Hamer
Griswold (uncredited)
E
Ernie Adams
Cabbie (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
W
Walter Bacon
Commuter (uncredited)
J
John Berkes
Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
L
Lillian Bronson
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
N
Nina Campana
Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
T
Tommy Cook
Child Violinist (uncredited)
F
Frank Dawson
Jarvis (uncredited)
E
Elspeth Dudgeon
Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
