Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
Joan Fontaine
Jane Wharton
Burt Lancaster
William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Robert Newton
Harry Carter
Lewis L. Russell
Tom Widgery
Aminta Dyne
Landlady
Grizelda Harvey
Mrs. Paton
Jay Novello
Sea Captain of Pelicano
Colin Keith-Johnston
Judge
