Murder on the Second Floor

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

Cast

John Longden

as Hugh Bromilow

Pat Paterson

as Sylvia Armitage

Amy Veness

as Mrs Armitage

Ben Field

as Mr Armitage

Florence Desmond

as Lucy

Sydney Fairbrother

as Miss Snell

Franklyn Bellamy

as Joseph Reynolds

Oswald Skilbeck

as Jam Singh

John Turnbull

as Police Inspector

Hal Heath

as Policeman (uncredited)

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