Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he must leave the next morning. When he returns home he finds that his girlfriend has been murdered. His former lover agrees to defend him without telling the court that he spent the night with her. Complications ensue.

Rosamund John
as Anne Maitland, K.C.

Hugh Sinclair
as Nigel Stewart

Guy Middleton
as Guy Ransome

Henry Edwards
as Geoffrey Whitcomb

Terence Longdon
as Alan Whitcomb

John Warwick
as Inspector Raynor

Brenda De Banzie
as Molly Wheeler

Arthur Howard
as Charles Vaughan

H.S. Hills
as Frank Lindsell

Bruce Belfrage
as The Judge
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Rosamund John is quite good here as the newly "silked" barrister "Anne Maitland". She is at home one evening when her ex-boyfriend "Ransome" (Guy Middleton) shows up claiming homelessness after a row with his girlfriend. She agrees to put him for the night but that's just the start of her problems. ...