The Upturned Glass

The Upturned Glass

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1947-06-17
Duration:86 min
Director:Lawrence Huntington
Actors:James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Ann Stephens, Morland Graham
Production:Sydney Box Productions, Sydney Box Associates, Triton

Overview:

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.

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