| Death in the Hand | |
| Director: | A. Barr-Smith |
| Music: | Albert Ferber |
| Cinematography: | Jo Jago George Noble |
| Editing: | Bunch Dixon-Spain |
| Distributor: | General Film Distributors (U.K.) |
| Runtime: | 43 minutes |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
Death in the Hand is a 1948 British short mystery film directed by A. Barr-Smith, starring Esme Percy, Ernest Jay and Cecile Chevreau.[1] The film marked the debut of John Le Mesurier. It was made by the small independent company Vandyke Productions.
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?