Double Confession

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.

Cast

Derek Farr

as Jim Medway

Joan Hopkins

as Ann Corday

Peter Lorre

as Paynter

William Hartnell

as Charlie Durham

Naunton Wayne

as Inspector Tenby

Ronald Howard

as Hilary Boscombe

Kathleen Harrison

as Kate

Leslie Dwyer

as Leonard

Edward Rigby

as The Fisherman

George Woodbridge

as Sgt. Sawnton

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is quite a decent, complex, little British crime drama with Derek Farr as "Jim Medway" who turns up at an English seaside resort whereupon, shortly afterwards, his wife is found murdered in the "White Cottage". The police investigation is soon focussed on him, so he tries to fit up local bigwig...

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