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Academy Award® winner Susan Hayward (Best Actress, I Want to Live!, 1958) is framed for murder in this riveting psychological thriller costarring Oscar® winner Peter Finch (Best Actor, Network, 1976), Diane Cilento (Tom Jones) and Cyril Cusack (Fahrenheit 451). Released after serving 18 months, convicted mercy killer Dr. Christine Allison (Hayward) is hired by the ruthless prosecutor (Finch) who sent her to prison to care for his wife (Cilento), a mentally ill woman who accidentally killed her own father (Cusack). But when the alleged dead man turns up alive and his daughter dies of an overdose, Christine is accused of her patient’s murder and nothing is quite what it seems.
Original Release
07/19/1962
US Release
09/14/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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Susan Hayward | Christine Allison aka Garden / Christine Allison |
Peter Finch | Stephen Dane |
Diane Cilento | Liane Dane |
Cyril Cusack | Captain Ferris |
Kieron Moore | Roscoe |
Richard Wattis | Ebblington |
Athene Seyler | Aunt Heather Chandler |
Miriam Karlin | Woman in the Black Maria |
Laurence Naismith | O'Grady |
J.G. Devlin | Coroner |
Directors
Writers
Audrey Erskine-Lindop, Karl Tunberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Susan Hayward | Christine Allison aka Garden / Christine Allison |
Peter Finch | Stephen Dane |
Diane Cilento | Liane Dane |
Cyril Cusack | Captain Ferris |
Kieron Moore | Roscoe |
Richard Wattis | Ebblington |
Athene Seyler | Aunt Heather Chandler |
Miriam Karlin | Woman in the Black Maria |
Laurence Naismith | O'Grady |
J.G. Devlin | Coroner |
Clive Morton | Judge |
Richard Leech | Irish Doctor |
Brenda De Banzie | Nurse Drew |
Yolande Turner | Polly |
Marguerite Brennan | Irish Barmaid |
Judith Furse | 1st Wardress |
Peter Sallis | Sleazy Doctor |
Joan Benham | Restaurant Manager |
Joan Hickson | Landlady |
Edwin Apps | Junior Counsel |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anatole de Grunwald | Producer |
Roy Parkinson | Producer |