
A British theater actress unable to get out of her contract is assisted by an American playwright when a pair of her scissors is discovered lodged in her producer's back.
Cast

Dale Robertson
Bill Lang

Lois Maxwell
Stephanie Blake

Derek Bond
John Mansfield

Eric Pohlmann
Otto Kellner

Mary Laura Wood
Molly Kellner

Lionel Jeffries
Monkton

Jameson Clark
Detective Inspector Mackay
Carl Bernard
Jock Dunmow
Garard Green
Raymond White
Olwen Brookes
Mother Superior
Benita Lydal
Violet Gage

Marianne Stone
Mansfield's Landlady
Frederick Treves
Police Constable West
Jonathan Field
Theater Critic

Gretchen Franklin
Mrs. Webb
Alan Robinson
Robert Baines

Jack Cunningham
Priest
Crew
Henry Cass
Director
Brock Williams
Adaptation
Alfred Shaughnessy
Screenplay
Norman Hudis
Screenplay
Henry Richardson
Editor, Sound Editor
Eric Cross
Director of Photography
Clive Midwinter
Assistant Director
Ronald Liles
Production Supervisor, Production Controller

Monty Berman
Producer

Robert S. Baker
Producer

Desmond Davis
Camera Operator
Muriel Dickson
Wardrobe Designer
Betty Sherriff
Hairstylist
Jimmy Evans
Makeup Artist
Fred Ryan
Sound Recordist
Aubrey Lewis
Sound

Stanley Black
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Ken Goodman
Clapper Loader
Barbara Thomas
Continuity
Charles Permane
Production Manager
A.T. Weisman
Original Story
Arthur Lawson
Art Direction
Roy Norman
First Assistant Editor
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