88 minutes
10/3/1950
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
Julian D'Albie
as Police Surgeon
Anthony Dawson
as Inspector Wilson
Richard Dunn
as Police Sergeant
Ian Fleming
as Doctor
Nora Gordon
as Neighbour
Helen Goss
as Neighbour
Everley Gregg
as Lipstick Customer
Duncan Lamont
as Barney
Tom Macaulay
as Flashy Man
John Martin
as Police Photographer
Josephine Middleton
as Mrs. Hengist
Richard Pearson
as Detective
Robert Scroggins
as Alfie Finch
Merle Tottenham
as Neighbour