Death in the Hand

1948 British film by A . Barr-Smith

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Death in the Hand

Directed by| A. Barr-Smith
Written by| Max Beerbohm (story), Douglas Cleverdon (adaptation)
Cinematography| Jo Jago
George Noble
Edited by| Bunch Dixon-Spain
Music by| Albert Ferber
Distributed by| General Film Distributors (U.K.)

Release date

* 13 February 1948 (1948-02-13) (London)

Running time

| 43 minutes
Country| UK
Language| English

Death in the Hand is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau.[1] It was made by the small independent company Vandyke Productions.

## Plot

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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

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* 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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1. ^ "Death in the Hand". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

## External links

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* Death in the Hand at IMDb

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