A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.
Cast
Charles Laughton
Inspector Jules Maigret
Franchot Tone
Johann Radek
Burgess Meredith
Joseph Heurtin
Robert Hutton
Bill Kirby
Jean Wallace
Edna Wallace
Patricia Roc
Helen Kirby
Belita
Gisella Heurtin
George Thorpe
Comelieu
William Phipps
Janvier
William Cottrell
Moers
Chaz Chase
Waiter
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Professor Grollet
Howard Vernon
Inspector (uncredited)
