Something to Hide is a 1972 British thriller film, written and directed by Alastair Reid

Alastair Reid (director)

Alastair Reid was a British television director whose credits include the TV series Traffik and Tales of the City....

, based on a 1963 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat

Nicholas Monsarrat

Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR was a British novelist known today for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea and Three Corvettes , but perhaps best known internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe.- Early life :Born...

. The film stars Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...

, Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

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, Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

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, Linda Hayden

Linda Hayden

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 and Graham Crowden

Graham Crowden

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. Finch plays a man harassed by his shrewish wife (Winters) who, after picking up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker (Hayden) is driven to murder and madness. The film was not released commercially in the United States until 1976.

Cast

• Peter Finch
  Peter Finch
  Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...
  
   as Harry Field
• Shelley Winters
  Shelley Winters
  Shelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006...
  
   as Gabriella
• Colin Blakely
  Colin Blakely
  Colin George Blakely was a Northern Irish character actor. He was considered an actor of great range.-Early life:...
  
   as Blagdon
• John Stride
  John Stride
  John Stride is an English actor best known for his television work during the 1970s. Stride was born in London, the son of Margaret and Alfred Teneriffe Stride...
  
   as Sergeant Tom Winnington
• Linda Hayden
  Linda Hayden
  Linda Hayden is an English film and television actress, best known for her roles in 1970s British horror films and sex comedies.-Career:...
  
   as Lorelei
• Harold Goldblatt as Dibbick
• Rosemarie Dunham
  Rosemarie Dunham
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   as Elsie
• Helen Fraser
  Helen Fraser
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   as Miss Bunyan
• Jack Shepherd as Joe Pepper
• Graham Crowden
  Graham Crowden
  Clement Graham Crowden was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric 'offbeat' scientist, teacher and doctor characters.-Early life:...
  
  as Lay Preacher