Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Sylvia Sidney
Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka
Karl Verloc - Her Husband
Desmond Tester
Stevie - Her Young Brother
John Loder
Ted
Joyce Barbour
Renee
Matthew Boulton
Superintendent Talbot
S. J. Warmington
Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
The Professor
Clare Greet
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
Greengrocer (uncredited)
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