Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

• Universal Pictures
• Charles Laughton
• Ella Raines
• Dean Harens
• Stanley Ridges
• Henry Daniell
• Rosalind Ivan
• Molly Lamont
• Raymond Severn