
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
Cast

John Justin
Philip Chance

Margaret Leighton
Helen Teckman

Duncan Lamont
Detective Inspector Hilton

Raymond Huntley
Maurice Miller

Meier Tzelniker
John Rice

Roland Culver
Detective Inspector-Major Harris

Michael Medwin
Martin Teckman

Jane Wenham
Ruth Wade

George Coulouris
Andrew Garvin

Harry Locke
Leonard
Warwick Ashton
The Detective Sergeant

Andreas Malandrinos
Small Waiter
Mollie Palmer
Stewardess
Irene Lister
Waitress
Maurice Lane
Messenger Boy
Bruce Beeby
Det. Wallace
Ben Williams
Tour Guide
Frank Webster
Tour Guide
Dan Cressey
Drake
Peter Taylor
Leroy
Gordon Morrison
Boris
Gwen Nelson
Duty Woman
Fanny Rowe
Eileen Miller
Mary Crant
BEA Clerk
Peter Augustine
Man with Pipe
Crew

Wendy Toye
Director
James Mathews
Screenplay
Francis Durbridge
Screenplay
Bert Rule
Editor

Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Josef Somlo
Producer
William Kellner
Production Design
Peter Newbrook
Camera Operator
Mary Grant
Costume Design
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
Ken Ritchie
Boom Operator
Clifton Parker
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Eric Rogers
Additional Music
Ray Hearne
Still Photographer
Reg Pope
Clapper Loader
Eddie Earp
Focus Puller
Margaret Townsend
Production Secretary
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