The Suspect

• 6.7 Crime
• 1945-01-31
• 85 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Charles Laughton (Philip Marshall) Ella Raines (Mary Gray) Dean Harens (John Marshall) Stanley Ridges (Inspector Huxley) Henry Daniell (Mr. Simmons) Rosalind Ivan (Cora Marshall) Molly Lamont (Mrs. Simmons) Raymond Severn (Merridew) Eve Amber (Sybil) Maude Eburne (Mrs. Packer)

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Writer:

Bertram Millhauser