When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
Elenco: Edmund Gwenn , John Forsythe , Shirley MacLaine , Mildred Natwick , Mildred Dunnock , Jerry Mathers , Royal Dano , Parker Fennelly , Barry Macollum , Dwight Marfield , Leslie Woolf , Philip Truex , Ernest Curt Bach , Alfred Hitchcock .