Mystery · Crime
The Woman in Question
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Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Top Cast
Jean Kent
Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)
Dirk Bogarde
R.W. (Bob) Baker
John McCallum
Michael Murray
Susan Shaw
Catherine Taylor
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Finch
Charles Victor
Albert Pollard
Duncan Macrae
Supt. Lodge
Lana Morris
Lana Clark
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Production
Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/1012/30/2024
Rhetorical question but how is it possible to murder a fortune teller? Surely she should have anticipated the crime and had the constabulary ready and waiting? Well apparently not as "Madame Astra" (Jean Kent) is found slain. It falls to policeman "Lodge" (Duncan Macrae) to try and piece together just what might have happened to her. Now it was a fairly tight knit community and this woman wasn't universally liked. She didn't exactly get on with her sister, nor with her intended (Dirk Bogarde) of whom it has to be said is probably a bit of a rake. Meantime, she seems to have taken advantage of local shopkeeper "Pollard" (Charles Victor) as well as seafaring man "Michael" (John McCallum) and all under the nosey gaze of her housekeeper "Mrs. Finch" (Hermione Baddeley). Many of their alibis ov
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