Sunday, August 25, 2024

SAPPHIRE (1959)

 




















Directed by: Basil Dearden
Starring: Nigel PatrickYvonne MitchellMichael CraigPaul MassieBernard MilesEarl CameronOlga LindoGordon HeathJocelyn BrittonHarry BairdOrlando MartinsRupert DaviesFreda BamfordRobert AdamsYvonne BuckinghamVanda HudsonPhilip LowrieBoscoe HolderBasil DignamFenella FieldingLloyd ReckordPeter VaughanVictor BrooksDesmond LlewelynBarbara SteeleDolores MantezRichard Vernon

92 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her racial origins were much more mixed, public prejudices and those of the officers themselves are exposed.

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