Rita Tushingham (A Taste of Honey) returned to the screen in her most notable starring role of the 1970s as a shy young writer who relocates to London; she connects with handsome Shane Briant, but he hides a deadly secret. The only Hammer movie for fashionable director Peter Collinson (The Italian Job), with a supporting cast that includes Katya Wyeth, Tom Bell, James Bolam, John Clive, and jazz singer/actress Annie Ross.