Sapphire (1959)
Directed by Basil Dearden
Patrick and 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
| Barbara Steele |
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| Nigel Patrick |
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Hazard |
| Yvonne Mitchell |
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Mildred |
| Paul Massie |
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David Harrsi |
| Bernard Miles |
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Ted Harris |
| Olga Lindo |
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Mrs. Harris |
| Michael Craig |
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Inspector Learoyd |
| Gordon Heath |
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Paul Slade |
| Jocelyn Britton |
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Patsy |
| Harry Baird |
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Johnnie Fiddle |
| Robert Adams |
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Big Cigar |
| Freda Bamford |
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Sergeant Cook |
| Yvonne Buckingham |
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Sapphire |
| Rupert Davies |
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Ferris |
| Orlando Martins |
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Barman |
| Earl Cameron |
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Doctor Robbins |
