A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Starring:

Alec Guinness, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Barbara Leake, Carol White, Cavan Malone, Cecil Ramage, Clive Morton, Dennis Price, Eric Messiter, Fletcher Lightfoot, Gordon Phillott, Hugh Griffith, Jeremy Spenser, Joan Greenwood, John Penrose, John Salew, Laurence Naismith, Lyn Evans, Maxwell Foster, Miles Malleson, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Nicholas Hill, Peggy

Genre:

Drama, Comedy