Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Jean Kent
as Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)
Dirk Bogarde
as R.W. (Bob) Baker
John McCallum
as Michael Murray
Susan Shaw
as Catherine Taylor
Hermione Baddeley
as Mrs. Finch
Charles Victor
as Albert Pollard
Duncan Macrae
as Supt. Lodge
Lana Morris
as Lana Clark
Joe Linnane
as Inspector Butler
Vida Hope
as Shirley Jones
John Boxer
as Detective Lucas
Albert Chevalier
as W.T. Gunter
