When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
John Mills
as Tom Denning
Phyllis Calvert
as Kay Denning
Eileen Moore
as Liz Denning
Sam Wanamaker
as Chick Eddowes
Herbert Lom
as Mados
Raymond Huntley
as Wright
Bernard Lee
as Inspector Dodds
Russell Waters
as Harry Stoper
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Woods
Freda Jackson
as Ma Smith
Trader Faulkner
as Ted Smith
Sheila Shand Gibbs
as Matilda
