Hour of Decision

A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist.

Cast

Jeff Morrow

as Joe Sanders

Hazel Court

as Peggy Sanders

Anthony Dawson

as Gary Bax

Mary Lauder Wood

as Olive Bax

Alan Gifford

as J. Foster Green

Carl Bernard

as Inspector Gower

Lionel Jeffries

as Elvin Main

Arthur Lowe

as Caligraphy Expert

Dennis Chinnery

as Studio Photographer

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jeff Morrow was never the most engaging of screen stars, and here he is not really any different as he struggles to defend his accused wife "Peggy" (Hazel Court) from charges of the murder of a pretty odious gossip columnist. The only way he can do that is to find the real culprit, and so for sevent...

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