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Victorian ne'er-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward) assaults and murders his wife's virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girl's corpse to the river. But as John's affection for Stephen's wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt), police suspicion about the girl's disappearance, and the depths of Stephen's depravity all escalate, the river itself provokes a horrifying reunion between victim and murderer.
Original Release
03/25/1950
US Release
03/25/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Hayward | Stephen Byrne |
Lee Bowman | John Byrne |
Jane Wyatt | Marjorie Byrne |
Dorothy Patrick | Emily Gaunt |
Ann Shoemaker | Mrs. Ambrose / Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper |
Jody Gilbert | Flora Bantam / Flora Bantam - John's housekeeper |
Peter Brocco | Harry - Coroner / Harry - coroner chairing inquest |
Howland Chamberlain | District Attorney / D.A.-prosecutor at inquest |
Margaret Seddon | Mrs. Whittaker - Party Guest |
Sarah Padden | Mrs. Beach / Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Hayward | Stephen Byrne |
Lee Bowman | John Byrne |
Jane Wyatt | Marjorie Byrne |
Dorothy Patrick | Emily Gaunt |
Ann Shoemaker | Mrs. Ambrose / Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper |
Jody Gilbert | Flora Bantam / Flora Bantam - John's housekeeper |
Peter Brocco | Harry - Coroner / Harry - coroner chairing inquest |
Howland Chamberlain | District Attorney / D.A.-prosecutor at inquest |
Margaret Seddon | Mrs. Whittaker - Party Guest |
Sarah Padden | Mrs. Beach / Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook |
Kathleen Freeman | Effie Ferguson - Party Guest |
Will Wright | Inspector Sarten |
Leslie Kimmell | Mr. Gaunt |
Effie Laird | Mrs. Gaunt |
Bob Burns | Courtroom Spectator |
Edgar Caldwell | Square Dancer |
Edward Clark | Minor Role |
Frank Dae | Col. Davis |
Watson Downs | Older Man |
Edythe Elliott | Minor Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Peters | Producer |
Howard Welsch | Producer |