Gary Cooper

Deborah Kerr

Eric Portman

Diane Cilento

Hermione Gingold

Peter Cushing

Michael Wilding

Ronald Howard

Ray McAnally

Sandor Elès

Wilfrid Lawson

Helen Cherry

Joyce Carey

Diane Clare

Frederick Leister

Martin Boddey

Peter Wayn

Michael Anderson

Joseph Stefano

Max Ehrlich

Bill Kirby

Marlon Brando sr.

George Glass

Walter Seltzer

William Alwyn

Erwin Hillier

Gordon Pilkington

Carmen Dillon

Julie Harris

Mystery

Thriller

The Naked Edge

Pennebaker-Baroda Productions

Baroda

United Artists

United Kingdom

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Gary Cooper is "George Radcliffe" whose testimony at the Old Bailey sends a young, alcoholic "Donald Heath" (Ray McAnally) to jail for murder. Years later, his wife Deborah Kerr ("Martha") receives a letter in the post that was sent at the time, but delayed by a mail robbery, trying to blackmail her husband for the murder. Despite wanting to disbelieve this, she cannot quite dismiss the idea and the more uncertain she becomes, the more uncertain we become... There are some good supporting performances from Eric Portman, Hermione Gingold as "Lily" and Diane Cilento as "Mrs. Heath"; a well written/delivered dialogue and Michael Anderson does manage to keep us guessing for much of this superior, quite intriguing drama. Rarely screen anywhere nowadays, but it does hold the attention and Cooper is really rather good.

English