The House of the Arrow

A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.

Cast

Oskar Homolka

as Inspector Hanaud

Robert Urquhart

as Jim Frobisher

Yvonne Furneaux

as Betty Harlowe

Josephine Griffin

as Ann Upcott

Harold Kasket

as Boris Wabersky

Ruth Lodge

as Nurse

Pierre Lefevre

as Detective Maurice Thevenet

Pierre Chaminade

as Detective Moreau

Jacques Cey

as Police Commissaire Giradot

Anthony Nicholls

as Lawyer Jarrett

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