Shutter Island
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Film / 1951
The Rossiter Case
Directed by
Francis Searle
The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his sister-in-law, but when she tells him she is expecting his child he is racked with guilt and turns to drink. When Honor is found murdered with Peter's gun next to her, the police arrest him. Unable to remember his movements he must discover the secret behind "The Rossiter Case".
The story
The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his sister-in-law, but when she tells him she is expecting his child he is racked with guilt and turns to drink. When Honor is found murdered with Peter's gun next to her, the police arrest him. Unable to remember his movements he must discover the secret behind "The Rossiter Case".
Cast
Helen ShinglerLiz Rossiter
Clement McCallinPeter Rossiter
Sheila BurrellHonor Rossiter
Frederick LeisterSir James Ferguson
Ann CodringtonMarty Rossiter
Henry EdwardsDr. Bendix
Dorothy BatleyNurse West
Gabrielle BluntAlice
Eleanor BryanAgnes
Dennis CastleConstable
Ewen SolonInspector
Robert PercivalSergeant
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