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Sapphire (1959)

Directed by Basil Dearden

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Overview

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects—including the girl’s white boyfriend and his disapproving parents—the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

Rated NR | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Nigel Patrick | Michael Craig | Yvonne Mitchell | Paul Massie | Bernard Miles | Olga Lindo | Earl Cameron | Gordon Heath | Barbara Steele | Peter Vaughan | Yvonne Buckingham | Jocelyn Britton | Robert Adams | Desmond Llewelyn | Fenella Fielding | Susan Stranks | Freda Bamford | Rupert Davies | Orlando Martins | Harry Baird | Grace Arnold | Thomas Baptiste | Victor Brooks | Basil Dignam | Dorothy Gordon | Nora Gordon | Lucy Griffiths | Vanda Hudson | Dan Jackson | Philip Lowrie | Bartlett Mullins | Philip Ray | Lloyd Reckord | John Richardson | Richard Vernon | Christopher Witty | Dolores Mantez | Anthony Singleton | Geremy Phillips | Joan Hooley | Boscoe Holder | George Curtis