Directed by:
Sidney GilliatScreenplay:
Sidney GilliatCinematography:
Harry WaxmanComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Lois Maxwell, David Bauer, Per Oscarsson, Leo Genn, Peter Bowles, Walter Gotell, Madge Ryan (more)Plots(1)
A young man marries a rich American girl in order to get her money. He devises a scheme whereby his young wife dies of what appears to be a heart attack, but after the scheme has succeeded he goes mad. (British Film Institute (BFI))
Cast
![Hayley Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268054_717928.jpg)
Hayley Mills
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
![Hywel Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/997/161997847_b3926a.jpg)
Hywel Bennett
UK
Best movies:
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Witness in the War Zone (1987)
Vatel (2000)
![Britt Ekland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271819_d4ae2d.jpg)
Britt Ekland
Sweden
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Slavers (1978)
![George Sanders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848201_7fbf7b.png)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
![Lois Maxwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272894_4bcae8.jpg)
Lois Maxwell
Canada
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
From Russia with Love (1963)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
![David Bauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906634_72d6b6.jpg)
David Bauer
USA
Best movies:
Patton (1970)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Mercenaries (1968)
![Per Oscarsson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274809_e929b9.jpg)
Per Oscarsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Millennium (2010) (series)
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)
Honeycomb (1969)
![Leo Genn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/656/165656778_9e9462.jpg)
Leo Genn
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Moby Dick (1956)
Quo Vadis (1951)
![Peter Bowles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392278_170d00.jpg)
Peter Bowles
UK
Best movies:
Blow-Up (1966)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![Madge Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/514/158514175_85a324.jpg)
Madge Ryan
Australia
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Summer Holiday (1963)
Frenzy (1972)
Nicholas Courtney
Egypt
Best movies:
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983) (TV movie)
Doppelgänger (1969)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Windsor Davies
UK
Best movies:
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Aubrey Richards
UK
Best movies:
Savage Messiah (1972)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
The Ipcress File (1965)
![Patience Collier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/344/161344037_bb0265.jpg)
Patience Collier
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Perfect Friday (1970)
![Victor Harrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/355/161355677_91a359.jpg)
Victor Harrington
Malta
Best movies:
![Geoffrey Chater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/474/161474695_77ce07.jpg)
Geoffrey Chater
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Ann Way](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477692_27295a.jpg)
Ann Way
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Brazil (1985)
Jim O'Brady
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Helen Horton
USA
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)