When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.
Richard Todd
as John North
Valerie Hobson
as Carol North
Christine Norden
as Susan Wilding
Tom Walls
as Mr. Clayton
Alexander Gauge
as Jerves Wilding
Ralph Truman
as Inspector Waterson
Vida Hope
as Miss Marchmont
Dora Bryan
as the waitress
Vincent Ball
as the first workman
Jack Vyvyan
as the second workman
Cyril Smith
as Publican
Elsie Wagstaff
as Wilding's maid