It started again. This one started again too. Steve, this hasn't happened in 12 years. Bill, go downstairs. See if there's anyone inside the clock.

Description: A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.

Cast:
George Stroud: Ray Milland
Earl Janoth: Charles Laughton
Georgette Stroud: Maureen O'Sullivan
Steve Hagen: George Macready
Pauline York: Rita Johnson
Louise Patterson: Elsa Lanchester
Don Klausmeyer: Harold Vermilyea
Ray Cordette: Dan Tobin
Bill Womack: Harry Morgan
Nat Sperling: Richard Webb
Lily Gold: Elaine Riley
Edwin Orlin: Luis Van Rooten
McKinley: Lloyd Corrigan
Burt: Frank Orth
Second Secretary: Margaret Field
Sidney Kislav: Philip Van Zandt
Antique Dealer: Henri Letondal
Bert Finch: Douglas Spencer
Morton Spaulding: Bobby Watson
George Jr.: B.G. Norman
Joe Talbot: Joey Ray
Grace Adams: Frances Morris
Charlie: Harry Rosenthal
Waiter: Ernö Verebes
O'Brien: James Burke
Hatcheck Girl: Lucille Barkley
Rosa O'Flynn: Marlene Aames
Guard: Bob Kortman
Betty - Newsstand Operator: Bea Allen
Clarinetist - Ernie Felice Quartet: Dick Anderson
Secretary: Jean Marshall
Man at Van Barth's: Robert Wegner
Bartender: Jim Davies
Van Spove: James Carlisle
Apartment House Doorman: Lane Chandler
Messenger: Bob Coleman
Miss Conley - Secretary: Frances Conley
Ivy Temple: Mary Currier
Woman in Conference Room: Mary Donovan
Guard at Janoth Building: Max Wagner
Cabby: Lester Dorr
Elevator Operator: Kathy Young
Miss Blanchard - Hagen's Secretary: Skippy Elliott
Minor Role: Diane Stewart
Drunk: John Farrell
Accordionist - Ernie Felice Quartet: Ernie Felice
Guitarist - Ernie Felice Quartet: Dick Fisher
Stylist in Conference Room: Bess Flowers
Ice Man: Frank Hagney
Daisy - Strouds' Maid: Theresa Harris
Cab Driver: Robert Stevenson
Bill Morgan: Len Hendry
Man in Identification Line: Stuart Holmes
Tour Guide at Janoth Building: Earle Hodgins
Baxter James: Fred Howard
Man with Fish: Jerry James
Hamburger Cook: Richard Keene
Self - in Trailer: Anton Leader
Tourist: Norman Leavitt
Kiska: Don McGill
Man from 'Airways' in Elevator: Lee Miller
Elevator Starter: Sheila Raven
Editor at Conference Table: Bert Moorhouse
Penelope Patterson: Judy Nugent
Flavin: Broderick O'Farrell
Bassist - Ernie Felice Quartet: Chick Parnell
Headwaiter at Van Barth's: Pepito Pérez
Warren Parks: Gordon Richards
Security Guard: Robert Robinson
Secretary at Meeting: Ruth Roman
Seymour Roberts: Harland Tucker
Tony Watson: Tad Van Brunt
Doorman at Van Barth's: Nicholas Vehr
Fisher: Joe Whitehead
Bootblack: Napoleon Whiting

Written by: Jonathan Latimer, Kenneth Fearing, Harold Goldman

Director: John Farrow

Production: Paramount Pictures

Release date: 09 Apr 1948