Death in the Hand

1948 British film

Death in the Hand is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau.^[1] The film marked the debut of John Le Mesurier. It was made by the small independent company Vandyke Productions.

Plot

In a seaside guest house, a nervous piano player, Cosmo Vaughan (Esme Percy), tells a tale of how he read the palms of passengers on board a train and forecast their deaths. But is Mr Vaughan quite what he appears?

Cast

• Esme Percy as Cosmo Vaughan
• Ernest Jay as MacRae
• Cecile Chevreau as Sylvia Mottram
• Carleton Hobbs as Chairman
• John Le Mesurier as Jack Mottram
• Shelagh Fraser as Penelope MacRae
• J. Hubert Leslie as Waiter
• Nuna Davey as Countrywoman
• Norman Shelley as Businessman
• Wilfrid Caithness as Rowlandson
• Thea Wells as Mrs Rowlandson

References

1. "Death in the Hand". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

External links

• Death in the Hand at IMDb