The Scarf

A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.

Cast

John Ireland

as John Howard Barrington

Mercedes McCambridge

as Connie Carter

James Barton

as Ezra Thompson

Emlyn Williams

as Dr. David Dunbar

Lloyd Gough

as Asylum Dr. Gordon

Basil Ruysdael

as Cyrus Barrington

David Bauer

as Level Louie

Harry Shannon

as Asylum Warden Anderson

Celia Lovsky

as Mrs. Cyrus Barrington

David McMahon

as State Trooper

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