Adapted by Alec Coppel from his own novel, it focuses on the trials and tribulations of Tom Denning. A well-to-do man, who accidentally kills Mados, his daughter's crooked boyfriend, who had attempted to blackmail him.

Matters are further complicated, however, when Denning conceals Mados's corpse, and it disappears.

An edgy fast paced crime thriller from the golden age of British cinema.                

CAST:

John Mills ... Tom Denning
Phyllis Calvert ... Kay Denning
Eileen Moore ... Liz Denning
Sam Wanamaker ... Chick Eddowes
Herbert Lom ... Mados
Raymond Huntley ... Wright
Russell Waters ... Harry Stoper
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Woods
Freda Jackson ... Ma Smith
Sheila Shand Gibbs ... Matilda
Bernard Lee ... Inspector Dodds
Hugh Morton ... Inspector Snell
Ambrosine Phillpotts ... Miss Blade