Themes of voyeurism and unrequited love compliment Poe's classic of murder and insanity in this superbly suspenseful loose interpretation. Anxiety-stricken librarian Edgar Marsh becomes infatuated with his next-door neighbor, but when he can't have her, he resorts to murder.
Laurence Payne
as Edgar Marsh
Adrienne Corri
as Betty Clare
Dermot Walsh
as Carl Loomis
Selma Vaz Dias
as Mrs. Vine
John Scott
as Police Inspector
John Martin
as Police Sergeant
Annette Carell
as Mrs. Fowler, Betty's Landlady
Rosemary Rotheray
as Jackie
Suzanne Fuller
as Dorothy
Yvonne Buckingham
as Mina
David Courtney
as Bit Part
Richard Bennett
as Mike
