Shadows on the Stairs
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
Paul Cavanagh
Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
Heather Angel
Sylvia Armitage
Bruce Lester
Hugh Bromilow
Miles Mander
Tom Armitage
Lumsden Hare
Inspector
Turhan Bey
Ram Singh
Charles Irwin
Constable
Phyllis Barry
Lucy Timson
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
For anyone who watches the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" series of films, you will recognise almost all of the cast from this afternoon feature about guests in a boarding house who find themselves amidst a set of curious murders. It's all run-of the mill stuff but a decent enough adaptation of Frank Vosper's (himself, quite an interesting figure) play "Murder on the Second Floor".
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