A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.

• William Conrad Productions
• Patrick O'Neal
• Joan Hackett
• John Gielgud
• Herbert Lom
• Eric Portman
• Peter van Eyck
• Oskar Homolka
• Leon Greene