Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her country house. While most assume it to have been suicide, a detective inspector's persistence finally leads to the arrest of Magda's husband, Sir Hubert Ware. The subsequent murder trial turns into a major society scandal, and the strain on Sir Hubert's mind may prove too much for him whether he is found innocent or guilty....
as Sir Hubert Ware
as Lady Magda Ware
as Michael Adye, KC
as Sir Henry Egerton, Chief of Scotland Yard
as Marston Gurney, Ware's Secretary
as Celia Gurney
as Eustace Ede
as Detective Inspector Watkins, CID
as Tommy Bold
as Ware's Gardener
as The Attorney General
as The Judge
as Ware's Butler
as Ware's Lover
