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Scotland Yard warns private eye to reveal the whereabouts of the Man in Hiding.
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.Read moreLess
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
The story
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Paul HenreidHugo Bishop
Lois MaxwellThelma Speight / Tasman
Kieron MooreMervyn Speight
Hugh SinclairMaurice Jerrard
Lloyd LambleInspector "Freddie" Frisnay
Anthony Forwood
Bill TraversVictor Tasman
Mary Laura WoodSusie Martin
Kay KendallVera Corridge
Barbara ShelleyFashion show commentatorExplore the crew
- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Screenplay
- Terence Fisher
- Screenplay
- Paul Tabori
- Editor
- James Needs