''Death in the Hand'' is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring
Esme Percy
Saville Esmé Percy (8 August 1887 – 17 June 1957) was an English actor who specialized in the plays of G.B. Shaw and appeared in 40 films between 1930 and 1956. He was born in London and died in Brighton.
Partial filmography
* ''Murder ...
,
Ernest Jay
Ernest Jay (18 September 1893 – 8 February 1957) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* '' My Lucky Star'' (1933) - Press Agent
* ''Tiger Bay'' (1934) - Alf
* '' The Iron Duke'' (1934) - First Orderly
* '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) ...
and Cecile Chevreau.
The film marked the debut of
John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation co ...
. It was made by the small
independent
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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
Saville Esmé Percy (8 August 1887 – 17 June 1957) was an English actor who specialized in the plays of G.B. Shaw and appeared in 40 films between 1930 and 1956. He was born in London and died in Brighton.
Partial filmography
* ''Murder ...
as Cosmo Vaughan
*
Ernest Jay
Ernest Jay (18 September 1893 – 8 February 1957) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* '' My Lucky Star'' (1933) - Press Agent
* ''Tiger Bay'' (1934) - Alf
* '' The Iron Duke'' (1934) - First Orderly
* '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) ...
as MacRae
*Cecile Chevreau as Sylvia Mottram
*
Carleton Hobbs
Carleton Percy Hobbs, OBE (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations in a series of Sherlock Holmes radio dramas (1952–1969), ...
as Chairman
*
John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation co ...
as Jack Mottram
*
Shelagh Fraser
Sheila Mary Fraser (25 November 1920 – 29 August 2000) was an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the television serial '' A Family at War'' (1970–1971) and as Luke Skywalker's aunt Beru in '' Star Wars'' (1977).
Early life
S ...
as Penelope MacRae
*J. Hubert Leslie as Waiter
*Nuna Davey as Countrywoman
*
Norman Shelley
Norman Shelley (16 February 1903 – 21 August 1980) was a British actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's '' Children's Hour''. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera ''T ...
as Businessman
*
Wilfrid Caithness
Wilfrid Caithness or Wilfred Caithness (1883–1954) was a British stage and film actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1935 film ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes''.Reid p.163
Selected filmography
* '' A Voice Said Goodnight '' (19 ...
as Rowlandson
*Thea Wells as Mrs Rowlandson
References
External links
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British mystery films
1948 films
1948 mystery films
British short films
American television films
British black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
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