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.
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 Jones |
John Boxer | Detective Lucas |
Albert Chevalier | W.T. Gunter |