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.
Philip Marshall
Charles Laughton
Mary Gray
Ella Raines
John Marshall
Dean Harens
Inspector Huxley
Stanley Ridges
Mr. Simmons
Henry Daniell
Cora Marshall
Rosalind Ivan
Mrs. Simmons
Molly Lamont
Merridew
Raymond Severn
Sybil
Eve Amber
Mrs. Packer
Maude Eburne
Mr. Packer
Clifford Brooke
Griswold (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Cabbie (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Background Woman (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
Pogson (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Commuter (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
John Berkes
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
Nina Campana
Child Violinist (uncredited)
Tommy Cook
Jarvis (uncredited)
Frank Dawson
Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Miss Pomfret (uncredited)
Helena Grant
Model (uncredited)
Barbara Gray
Margaret (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
William Crummit (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Mr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Charles Knight
Lord Eldon (uncredited)
Sidney Lawford
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Jevne (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Waiter (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Mrs. Margett (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Model (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
Model (uncredited)
Sheila Roberts
Mr. Margett (uncredited)
John Rogers
Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Santoro
Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Sally Shepherd
Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Model (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke