Mr. Denning Drives North
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Anthony Kimmins
Casts & Crew
John Mills
Phyllis Calvert
Eileen Moore
Sam Wanamaker
Herbert Lom
Raymond Huntley
Bernard Lee
Russell Waters
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Freda Jackson
Trader Faulkner
Sheila Shand Gibbs
Michael Shepley
Ronald Adam
John Stuart
Hugh Morton
David Davies
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Herbert C. Walton
John Stevens
Lyn Evans
John Warren
Raymond Francis
Edward Evans
Madge Brindley
Harry Terry
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