The Man Outside

Henry Kendall, sporting one of those posh, lazy accents, shows up at Cyril Raymond's country home, which he has recently inherited from his uncle. They've been bedeviled by a spot of bother, what with a failed burglary and some chap hanging around outside, and the chauffeur turning up dead. Inspector John Turnbull shows up to ask some questions, while everyone makes sniffy comments except for Joan Gardner, who seems distraught that there's been a murder.

It's a very cheap looking Jules Hagen movie directed by Sexton Blake expert George Cooper, and each new clue is introduced with an obvious ratchet to it. I had the murderer figured out ten minutes before the revelation, and that wasn't based on any clue, just on the available personnel. Louis Hayward shows up in an early role.