A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
Peter Cushing
as Harry Fordyce
André Morell
as Colonel Gore Hepburn (as Andre Morell)
Richard Vernon
as Pearson
Norman Bird
as Arthur Sanderson
Kevin Stoney
as Detective Inspector Mason
Barry Lowe
as Peter Harvill
Edith Sharpe
as Miss Pringle
Lois Daine
as Sally
Alan Haywood
as Kane
Jimmy Cains
as Sidewalk Santa Claus (uncredited)
Vera Cook
as Mary Fordyce (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Morgan
as Det. Sgt. Collins (uncredited)