''The Rossiter Case'' is a 1951 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

directed by

Francis Searle Francis Searle (14 March 1909 – 31 July 2002) was an English film director, writer and producer. He was active in the post-Second World War cinema industry. Amongst the films he directed were '' The Lady Craved Excitement'' (1950), '' One Way Out ...

and starring

Helen Shingler Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2019) was a British film and television actress. Biography Shingler was born on 29 August 1919. She married producer Seafield Head, and was the mother of actor and singer Murray Head and actor Ant ...

, Clement McCallin,

Sheila Burrell Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dram ...

and

Stanley Baker Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 192828 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer. Known for his rugged appearance and intense, grounded screen persona, he was one of the top British male film stars of the late 1950s, and later a pro ...

in a small role. A man has an affair with his disabled wife's sister - and when the sister is murdered, suspicion falls on him.

Cast

as Liz Rossiter * Clement McCallin as Peter Rossiter *

as Honor * Frederick Leister as Sir James Ferguson * Ann Codrington as Marty * Henry Edwards as Doctor Bendix * Dorothy Batley as Nurse West * Gabrielle Blunt as Alice *

as Joe * Eleanor Bryan as Agnes * Ewen Solon as Inspector * Robert Percival as Sergeant * Dennis Castle as Constable * Frederic Steger as Hobson * Anthony Allen as Arthur

References

External links

* * 1951 films 1951 crime drama films 1950s mystery films British crime drama films British mystery films Films directed by Francis Searle British films based on plays Adultery in films Hammer Film Productions films British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub