The suspense-tense surprise of the year!
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
- 6.3
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 28m
Jean Kent
Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)
Dirk Bogarde
R.W. (Bob) Baker
John McCallum
Michael Murray
Susan Shaw
Catherine Taylor
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Finch
Charles Victor
Albert Pollard
Duncan Macrae
Supt. Lodge
Lana Morris
Lana Clark
Joe Linnane
Inspector Butler
Vida Hope
Shirley JonesJohn Boxer
Detective LucasAlbert Chevalier
W.T. GunterJulian D'Albie
Police Surgeon
Anthony Dawson
Inspector WilsonRichard Dunn
Police Sergeant
Ian Fleming
Doctor
Nora Gordon
Neighbour
Helen Goss
Neighbour
Everley Gregg
Lipstick Customer
Duncan Lamont
BarneyTom Macaulay
Flashy ManJohn Martin
Police Photographer
Josephine Middleton
Mrs. Hengist
Richard Pearson
DetectiveRobert Scroggins
Alfie Finch
Merle Tottenham
NeighbourReleased
en
- #fortune teller
- #police
- #fair
- #flashback
- #film noir
- #murder
Reviews
Rhetorical question but how is it possible to murder a fortune teller? Surely she should have anticipated the crime and had the constabulary ready and waiting? Well apparently not as "Madame Astra" (Jean Kent) is found slain. It falls to policeman "Lodge" (Duncan Macrae) to try and piece together just what might have happened to her. Now it was a fairly tight knit community and this woman wasn't u