A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.
Patrick O'Neal
as Richard Cutting
Joan Hackett
as Dominique Laurant
John Gielgud
as Curt Valayan
Herbert Lom
as Matt Wilson
Eric Portman
as Notary
Peter van Eyck
as Walter Green
Oskar Homolka
as Inspector Ruff
Leon Greene
as The Big Man
Kent Smith
as Mr. Eversley
Philip Ober
as Bohlen
Fifi D'Orsay
as Mrs. Hennie
Éva Szörényi
as Landlady (as Eva Soreny)