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Death in the Hand

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Country
  
UK

Director
  
A. Barr-Smith

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
Max Beerbohm
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Douglas Cleverdon

Death in the Hand is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau. The film marked the debut of John Le Mesurier. It was made by the small independent company Vandyke Productions.

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Plot

In a seaside guest house, a nervous piano player, Cosmo Vaughan (Esme Percy), tells a tale of how he read the palms of passengers on board a train and forecast their deaths. But is Mr Vaughan quite what he appears?

Cast

  • Esme Percy as Cosmo Vaughan
  • Ernest Jay as MacRae
  • Cecile Chevreau as Sylvia Mottram
  • Carleton Hobbs as Chairman
  • John Le Mesurier as Jack Mottram
  • Shelagh Fraser as Penelope MacRae
  • J. Hubert Leslie as Waiter
  • Nuna Davey as Countrywoman
  • Norman Shelley as Businessman
  • Wilfrid Caithness as Rowlandson
  • Thea Wells as Mrs Rowlandson

    • References

    Death in the Hand Wikipedia
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    Death in the Hand IMDb Death in the Hand themoviedb.org