Robert Tisdall's (Derrick De Marney) affair with a married actress ends abruptly when he discovers her body on a beach. Circumstantial evidence leads to Tisdall's conviction for the murder, which he didn't commit. Rather than go to prison, he escapes to hunt the real killer with the help of the lovely Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam). George Curzon and John Longden co-star in this 1937 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.