Death in the Hand

Death in the Hand is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by  A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau. The film marked the debut of John Le Mesurier. It was made by the small independent company Vandyke Productions.

Plot
In a seaside guest house, a nervous piano player, Cosmo Vaughan (Esme Percy), tells a tale of how he read the palms of passengers on board a train and forecast their deaths. But is Mr Vaughan quite what he appears?

Cast

 * Esme Percy as Cosmo Vaughan
 * Ernest Jay as MacRae
 * Cecile Chevreau as Sylvia Mottram
 * Carleton Hobbs as Chairman
 * John Le Mesurier as Jack Mottram
 * Shelagh Fraser as Penelope MacRae
 * J. Hubert Leslie as Waiter
 * Nuna Davey as Countrywoman
 * Norman Shelley as Businessman
 * Wilfrid Caithness as Rowlandson
 * Thea Wells as Mrs Rowlandson