
Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he must leave the next morning. When he returns home he finds that his girlfriend has been murdered. His former lover agrees to defend him without telling the court that he spent the night with her. Complications ensue.
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Cast

Rosamund John
Anne Maitland, K.C.

Hugh Sinclair
Nigel Stewart

Guy Middleton
Guy Ransome

Henry Edwards
Geoffrey Whitcomb

Terence Longdon
Alan Whitcomb
John Warwick
Inspector Raynor

Brenda De Banzie
Molly Wheeler

Arthur Howard
Charles Vaughan
H.S. Hills
Frank Lindsell

Bruce Belfrage
The Judge
Hélène Burls
Mrs. Brock (as Helene Burls)
Fanny Rowe
Liz (as Frances Rowe)
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