简介：FirstfeaturefilmoutingfornovelistDorothyL.Sayer’spopularamateurdetectiveLordPeterWimsey.TheSilentPassengerwasanoriginalstorywrittenbySayersspecificallyforthescreen;unfortunatelyheramateursleuthisportrayedassomethingofaneccentrictwitwhosolvesmurdersinspiteofhimself. Ascurrilousblackmailerismurderedbythehusbandoneofhisvictims,railroaddetectiveHenryCamberley(DonaldWolfit),butitistheinnocentJohnRyder(JohnLoder)whoissuspectedofthecrimewhenCamberleystuffsthedeadbodyintohistrunk.MakingthecasualacquaintanceofRyder,LordPeterWimsey(PeterHaddon)setsabouttoprovehisnewfriend’sinnocence.ItalltakesplaceonatraintripfromLondontotheEnglishChannel,withRyderactingasbaittoflushouttherealkiller.…