Clue of the Twisted Candle

A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.

Cast

Bernard Lee

as Superintendent Meredith

David Knight

as Lexman

Francis de Wolff

as Ramon Karadis

Colette Wilde

as Grace

Christine Shaw

as Linda Buckland

Stanley Morgan

as Sergeant Anson

A.J. Brown

as Commissioner of Police

Richard Caldicot

as Fisher

Edmond Bennett

as Manservant

Simon Lack

as Jock

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