The Suspect
The Suspect
Release: 1944-12-22
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 6.7
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Cast
Henry Daniell
as Mr. Simmons
Eve Amber
as Sybil
Ernie Adams
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
as Pogson (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
as Philip Marshall
Lillian Bronson
as Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
as Inspector Huxley
Rosalind Ivan
as Cora Marshall
Molly Lamont
as Mrs. Simmons
Gerald Hamer
as Griswold (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
as Margaret (uncredited)
Dean Harens
as John Marshall
Olaf Hytten
as Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
as Waiter (uncredited)
Ella Raines
as Mary Gray
John Berkes
as Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Sally Shepherd
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Tommy Cook
as Child Violinist (uncredited)
Raymond Severn
as Merridew
Maude Eburne
as Mrs. Packer
Clifford Brooke
as Mr. Packer
Richard Neill
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
as Model (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
