Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
James Stewart Rupert Cadell
John Dall Brandon Shaw
Farley Granger Phillip Morgan
Cedric Hardwicke Mr. Henry Kentley
Constance Collier Mrs. Anita Atwater
Douglas Dick Kenneth Lawrence
Edith Evanson Mrs. Wilson
Dick Hogan David Kentley
Joan Chandler Janet Walker
Alfred Hitchcock Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited)