Fortune teller, seductress Madame Astra gets herself strangled and given her ability to rankle all those around her there are suspects aplenty. Lover, sister or a string of men she's playing along Astra was many things to many people one of which murdered her.
Women in Question is a compact little murder mystery fleshed out through a variety of alibis presented by suspects with a reason to off the duplicitous Astra. There are a half a dozen possibilities with plausible situations in every instance but the guilty becomes obvious early as director Anthony Asquith heavy handedly attempts to press guilt upon the inoocent.
Every character is spot on with Hermoine Baddely exasperatingly wonderful as the busy body landlady and Jean Kent as Astra having a field day playing out the interpretations of suspects. An inoffesnsive paint by the numbers murder mystery.
Women in Question is a compact little murder mystery fleshed out through a variety of alibis presented by suspects with a reason to off the duplicitous Astra. There are a half a dozen possibilities with plausible situations in every instance but the guilty becomes obvious early as director Anthony Asquith heavy handedly attempts to press guilt upon the inoocent.
Every character is spot on with Hermoine Baddely exasperatingly wonderful as the busy body landlady and Jean Kent as Astra having a field day playing out the interpretations of suspects. An inoffesnsive paint by the numbers murder mystery.