A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.
Cary Grant John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke General McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
May Whitty Mrs. McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans Mrs. Newsham
Heather Angel Ethel the Maid
Auriol Lee Isobel Sedbusk
Reginald Sheffield Reggie Wetherby
Leo G. Carroll Captain George Melbeck
Billy Bevan Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Faith Brook Alice Barham (uncredited)
Violet Campbell Mrs. Barham (uncredited)
Leonard Carey The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
David Clyde Trunk Man (uncredited)
Clyde Cook Photographer (uncredited)
Alec Craig Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Carol Curtis-Brown Jessie Barham (uncredited)
Vernon Downing Benson (uncredited)
Rex Evans Mr. Bailey (uncredited)
Edward Fielding Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon Dr. Bertram Sedbusk (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare Inspector Hodgson (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter Sir Gerald (uncredited)
Dorothy Lloyd Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather Executor of General Laidlaw's Will (uncredited)
Nondas Metcalf Phyllis Swinghurst (uncredited)
Rita Page Secretary (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright Postmistress (uncredited)
Clara Reid Mrs. Craddock (uncredited)
Maureen Roden-Ryan Maid - Winnie (uncredited)
Donald Stuart Photographer (uncredited)
Denis Tankard Footman (uncredited)
Pax Walker Maid - Phoebe (uncredited)
Ben Webster The Registrar William Howe (uncredited)
Elsie Weller Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Constance Worth Mrs. Fitzpatrick (uncredited)