A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
Donald Pleasence
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
Coral Browne
as Belle Crippen
Samantha Eggar
as Ethel Le Neve
Donald Wolfit
as R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
James Robertson Justice
as Captain McKenzie
Geoffrey Toone
as Mr. Tobin
Douglas Bradley-Smith
as Dr. Pepper
Olga Lindo
as Mrs. Clara Arditti
Elspeth March
as Mrs. Jackson
Paul Carpenter
as Bruce Martin
John Arnatt
as Chief Inspector Dew
Oliver Johnston
as Lord Chief Justice
