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Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin (Boris Karloff) believes that the wrong man was hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.
Original Release
05/11/1958
US Release
05/11/1958
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Boris Karloff | James Rankin |
| Anthony Dawson | Supt. Burk |
| Derek Birch | Guyse Hospital Superintendent |
| Dorothy Gordon | Hannah |
| Elizabeth Allan | Barbara Rankin |
| Diane Aubrey | Lily Rankin |
| Tim Turner | Dr. Kenneth McColl |
| Jean Kent | Cora Seth |
| Vera Day | Pearl |
| Max Brimmell | Newgate Prison Turnkey |
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Boris Karloff | James Rankin |
| Anthony Dawson | Supt. Burk |
| Derek Birch | Guyse Hospital Superintendent |
| Dorothy Gordon | Hannah |
| Elizabeth Allan | Barbara Rankin |
| Diane Aubrey | Lily Rankin |
| Tim Turner | Dr. Kenneth McColl |
| Jean Kent | Cora Seth |
| Vera Day | Pearl |
| Max Brimmell | Newgate Prison Turnkey |
| Leslie Perrins | Newgate Prison Governor |
| John Fabian | Young Blood |
| Desmond Roberts | Dr. Johnson |
| Jessica Cairns | Asylum Maid |
| Roy Russell | Medical Superintendent |
| Peggy Ann Clifford | Kate |
| Joan Elvin | Can-Can Girl |
| Andy Alston | Man with Straw Boater at Hanging |
| Harry Brunning | Prison Chaplain |
| Yvonne Buckingham | Whore |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Richard Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Charles F. Vetter | Executive Producer |
| John Croydon | Producer |
| Richard Gordon | Producer |
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