"Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison)."
Mervyn Johns
as Edward Sutton
Googie Withers
as Pearl Bond
Gordon Jackson
as David Sutton
Garry Marsh
as Joe Bond
Jean Ireland
as Victoria Sutton
Sally Ann Howes
as Peggy Sutton
Mary Merrall
as Ellen Sutton
Catherine Lacey
as Miss Porter
Frederick Piper
as Dr. Pepper
Colin Simpson
as James Sutton
David Walbridge
as Nicholas Sutton
John Carol
as Dan Powell
Pauline Letts
as Louise
Maudie Edwards
as Mrs. Webster
Helen Goss
as Maudie
Don Stannard
as John Bevan
John Owers
as
Margaret Ritchie
John Ruddock
Ronald Adam
Charles Carson
Valentine Dyall
David Keir
Diana Morgan
Writer
Roland Pertwee
Theatre Play
Robert Hamer
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Norman Demuth
Music
Additional Writing
Stanley Pavey
Director of Photography
Michael Truman
Editor
Roy Gough
Still Photographer
S.C. Balcon
Associate Producer
H. Julius
Camera Operator
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Duncan Sutherland
Art Direction
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
A.E. Rudolph
Sound Recordist
Marion Horn
Wardrobe Supervisor