Cast
- Tyrone Power as Leonard Vole
- Marlene Dietrich as Christine Vole/Helm
- Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts
- Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll
- John Williams as Brogan-Moore, a barrister working for Vole
- Henry Daniell as Mayhew, Vole's solicitor
- Ian Wolfe as Carter, Sir Wilfred's office manager
- Torin Thatcher as Mr. Myers, the Crown prosecutor
- Norma Varden as Mrs Emily Jane French
- Una O'Connor as Janet McKenzie, Mrs French's housekeeper and a prosecution witness
- Francis Compton as Judge
- Philip Tonge as Inspector Hearne
- Ruta Lee as Diana
- Patrick Aherne as the Court Officer
This was Power's final completed film. He died during the filming of Solomon and Sheba.
In real life, Lanchester was Charles Laughton's wife.
O'Connor was the only member of the original Broadway play's cast to reprise her role on film.
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