
30 Nov 1932

A Scarlet Week-End
A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.
The story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting then moves to 1929, just as an antiques dealer Philip Vantine (John St. Polis) has finished moving into the same house where the 1889 murder occurred.

James Godfrey

Lorna

Tim Morel

Philip Vantine

Parks (butler)

Mrs. O'Connor

30 Nov 1932

A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.

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