starring
Michael Denison , Dulcie Gray
In the first of this afternoon's mystery films, 16-year-old Betty Kane returns to her foster mother in a state of collapse, after two weeks' absence from home, her dress torn and her face discoloured by ugly bruises. The sinister story she has to tell begins the strange case that becomes known as The Franchise Affair.
Screenplay by ROBERT HALL and LAWRENCE HUNTINGTON , from the novel by JOSEPHINE TEY . Produced by ROBERT HALL
Directed by LAWRENCE HUNTINGTON Films: page 21