As the dense London night fog puts a strangIehoId around Mrs. Armitage's oId, dark boarding house, a murderer is picking off the inhabitants Suspects and victims incIude stern Mrs. Armitage (Frieda lnescort), Lucy, her incompetent aIcohoIic chambermaid, Hugh Bromilow, an unsuccessfuI young pIaywright, Sylvia (Heather Angel), Mrs. Armitage's daughter and Ram Singh (Turhan Bey), a mercuriaI Indian nationalist invoIved in unsavory international poIitics.
Based on the play by Frank Vosper, captured on plush Iocations and featuring highIy theatricaI performances, Shadows on the Stairs is a classic mystery brimming with intrigue. |