A British brain surgeon punishes the murderess of his lover.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Mason | ... | Michael Joyce | |
| Rosamund John | ... | Emma Wright | |
| Pamela Mason | ... | Kate Howard (as Pamela Kellino) | |
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Ann Stephens | ... | Ann Wright |
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Morland Graham | ... | Clay |
| Brefni O'Rorke | ... | Dr. Farrell | |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Coroner | |
| Jane Hylton | ... | Miss Marsh | |
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Sheila Huntington | ... | 1st Girl Student |
| Susan Shaw | ... | 2nd Girl Student | |
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Peter Cotes | ... | Male Student |
| Nuna Davey | ... | Mrs. Jenny Deva | |
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Judith Carol | ... | Joan Scott-Trotter |
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John Monaghan | ... | U.S. Driver (as Jno. P. Monaghan) |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Mobile Policeman | |
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A prominent neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how, after the affair was over, the woman one day fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer--but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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In this suspenseful movie, we meet James Mason as he lectures about crime to a group of students. He is an eminent neurologist. In flashback, we learn of the girl whose eyesight he's saved. In the course of doing this, he fell in hove with her mother.
It's a murder-mystery; so that's as much plot as I'll give. Pamela Mason is appropriately unappealing as the woman's nosy sister-in-law. Mason, one of my favorite actors, is very good.
As a suspense movie -- a noir, of sorts -- it is excellent. It positions itself as more, unfortunately. Initially, it's intriguing to realize that the central figure in the case history Mason's reciting is himself. But there are red herrings. More distracting, there is philosophizing -- not to mention a most unsatisfactory final scene.