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Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, and Paul Massie.
A film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig and Nigel Patrick. It depicts the investigation of a murder of a mixed-race woman in 1950s London, where racial prejudice and hatred are exposed.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Basil Dearden
- 1959-11-02
A pregnant college student named Sapphire Robbins (Yvonne Buckingham) is murdered in London's Hampstead Heath. When police superintendent Robert Hazard (Nigel Patrick) discovers that the victim...
- (14)
- Basil Dearden
- Mystery & Thriller
- Nigel Patrick
The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area. In 1950s London, racial hostility toward Commonwealth immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered.
Basil Dearden’s bold, direct police procedural, starring Nigel Patrick as the detective in charge of the investigation, is a devastating look at the way bigotry crosses class divides, and a snapshot of the increasingly interracial culture of England in the late fifties.
- Superintendent Robert Hazard
Sapphire makes efforts to display the diverse texture of black British life - Sapphire's brother, Dr. Robbins (Earl Cameron), is a doctor; her former fling, dandy Paul Slade (Gordon Heath), is the son of a Bishop; and tertiary black characters are gangsters, playful children and ambitious students. Yet, the film is largely told from the point ...
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Basil Dearden's bold, direct police procedural, starring Nigel Patrick as the detective in charge of the investigation, is a devastating look at the way bigotry crosses class divides, and a snapshot of the increasingly interracial culture of England in the late fifties.
