Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
Humphrey Bogart
as Richard Mason
Alexis Smith
as Evelyn Turner
Sydney Greenstreet
as Mark Hamilton
Rose Hobart
as Kathryn Mason
Charles Drake
as Norman Holsworth
Grant Mitchell
as Dr. Grant
Patrick O'Moore
as Egan
Ann Shoemaker
as Nora Grant
Edwin Stanley
as Phillips (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Freston (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Guest at Rainbow Lodge (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)