Sapphire

Sapphire

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1959-11-02
Duration:92 min
Director:Basil Dearden
Actors:Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Massie, Bernard Miles
Production:Artna Films Ltd., The Rank Organisation

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.

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