"Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort."
Nova Pilbeam
as Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney
as Robert Tisdall
Percy Marmont
as Col. Burgoyne
Edward Rigby
as Old Will
Mary Clare
as Erica's Aunt Margaret
John Longden
as Det. Insp. Kent
George Curzon
as Guy
Basil Radford
as Erica's Uncle Basil
Pamela Carme
as Christine Clay
George Merritt
as Det. Sgt. Miller
J.H. Roberts
as Solicitor Henry Briggs
Jerry Verno
as Lorry Driver
H.F. Maltby
as Police Sergeant
John Miller
as Police Constable
Pat Fitzpatrick
as Harold a Little Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Anna Konstam
as Elsie a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Bill Shine
as Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
Peggy Simpson
as Alice a Bather at Beach (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Alfred Junge
Art Direction
Stephen Dade
Camera Operator
Anthony Armstrong
Screenplay
Gerald Savory
Dialogue
Josephine Tey
Novel
Edward Black
Producer
Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography
Edwin Greenwood
Charles Bennett
Director
Charles Frend
Editor
A. O'Donoghue
Sound Recordist
Louis Levy
Original Music Composer
Marianne
Wardrobe Designer
Jack Beaver
Pen Tennyson
Assistant Director
Reg Johnson
Assistant Camera
Music Director
Alma Reville
Continuity