Sapphire (1959)
Nigel Patrick and Michael Craig portray two Scotland Yard detectives who are investigating the murder of a young black woman who had been passing for white. As timely a topic today as when made in an England rampant with racial prejudice in the 1950s, it stays just this side of an in-depth indictment of racism and bigotry as the detectives investigate the vast array of suspects--everyone from the girl's white boyfriend and his parents who feared that the association would destroy his career to the boys that the girl had spurned when she was accepted by white society. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Basil Dearden
Synopsis of Sapphire
Nigel Patrick and Michael Craig portray two Scotland Yard detectives who are investigating the murder of a young black woman who had been passing for white. As timely a topic today as when made in an England rampant with racial prejudice in the 1950s, it stays just this side of an in-depth indictment of racism and bigotry as the detectives investigate the vast array of suspects--everyone from the girl's white boyfriend and his parents who feared that the association would destroy his career to the boys that the girl had spurned when she was accepted by white society. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sapphire
- Nigel Patrick - Hazard
- Michael Craig - Inspector Learoyd
- Bernard Miles - Ted Harris
- Olga Lindo - Mrs. Harris
- Jocelyn Britton - Patsy
- Orlando Martins - Barman
- Freda Bamford - Sgt. Cook
- Yvonne Buckingham - Sapphire
- Yvonne Mitchell - Mildred
- Paul Massie - David Harris
- Earl Cameron - Dr. Robbins
- Gordon Heath - Paul Slade
- Harry Baird - Johnny Fiddle
- Rupert Davies - Ferris
- Robert Adams - Horace Big Cigar
- Peter Vaughan
- Director(s):
- Basil Dearden
- Writer(s):
- Janet Green, Lukas Heller
- Producer(s):
- Michael Relph
- 1959 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Film
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