The Suspect

His Was a Strange Secret, Hers Was a Strange Love

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

Crime Drama Thriller

Charles Laughton

(Philip Marshall)

Ella Raines

Dean Harens

(John Marshall)

Stanley Ridges

(Inspector Huxley)

Henry Daniell

Rosalind Ivan

(Cora Marshall)

Molly Lamont

Raymond Severn

Eve Amber

Maude Eburne

Clifford Brooke

Gerald Hamer

(Griswold (uncredited))

Ernie Adams

(Cabbie (uncredited))

Eve Ashley

(Background Woman (uncredited))

Jimmy Aubrey

(Pogson (uncredited))

Walter Bacon

(Commuter (uncredited))

John Berkes

(Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited))

Lillian Bronson

(Miss Crevy (uncredited))

Nina Campana

(Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited))

Tommy Cook

(Child Violinist (uncredited))

Frank Dawson

(Jarvis (uncredited))

Elspeth Dudgeon

(Pauline Barlow (uncredited))

Helena Grant

(Miss Pomfret (uncredited))

Barbara Gray

(Model (uncredited))

Grayce Hampton

(Margaret (uncredited))

Keith Hitchcock

(William Crummit (uncredited))

Olaf Hytten

(Mr. Jevne (uncredited))

Charles Knight

(Mr. Chadwick (uncredited))

Sidney Lawford

(Lord Eldon (uncredited))

Vera Lewis

(Hannah Barlow (uncredited))

Kate MacKenna

(Mrs. Jevne (uncredited))

Charles McNaughton

(Waiter (uncredited))

Richard Neill

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Edgar Norton

(Mr. Frazer (uncredited))

Hilda Plowright

(Mrs. Margett (uncredited))

Rebel Randall

(Model (uncredited))

Sheila Roberts

(Model (uncredited))

John Rogers

(Mr. Margett (uncredited))

Tony Santoro

(Waiter (uncredited))

Sally Shepherd

(Mrs. Brown (uncredited))

Cecil Weston

(Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited))

Katherine Yorke

(Model (uncredited))