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Death in the Hand
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Wikipedia article
'Death in the Hand' is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau. 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
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