MysteryCrimeThriller

Sapphire

- The sensational story of a girl who didn't belong.

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.

Release Date : 1959-11-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Artna Films Ltd.The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Superintendent Robert Hazard

Original Name : Nigel Patrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Phil Learoyd

Original Name : Michael Craig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mildred

Original Name : Yvonne Mitchell

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Harris

Original Name : Paul Massie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted Harris

Original Name : Bernard Miles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Harris

Original Name : Olga Lindo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Robbins

Original Name : Earl Cameron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Slade

Original Name : Gordon Heath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Barbara Steele

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Vaughan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sapphire Robbins

Original Name : Yvonne Buckingham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Patsy

Original Name : Jocelyn Britton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horace Big Cigar

Original Name : Robert Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Constable

Original Name : Desmond Llewelyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lingerie Shop Manageress

Original Name : Fenella Fielding

Gender : Female

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Susan Stranks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Cook

Original Name : Freda Bamford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ferris

Original Name : Rupert Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barman

Original Name : Orlando Martins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnnie Fiddle

Original Name : Harry Baird

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sapphire's Landlady

Original Name : Grace Arnold

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man on the Street

Original Name : Thomas Baptiste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Sgt.

Original Name : Victor Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Burgess

Original Name : Basil Dignam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lily

Original Name : Dorothy Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Newsagent's Wife

Original Name : Nora Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Johnnie Fiddle's Landlady

Original Name : Lucy Griffiths

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl at Tulip Club

Original Name : Vanda Hudson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nightclub Owner

Original Name : Dan Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Philip Lowrie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsagent

Original Name : Bartlett Mullins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Young

Original Name : Philip Ray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pianist in International Club

Original Name : Lloyd Reckord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : John Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor at Crime Scene

Original Name : Richard Vernon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Christopher Witty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student (International Club)

Original Name : Dolores Mantez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : Anthony Singleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Youth

Original Name : Geremy Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Street

Original Name : Joan Hooley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer in Nightclub

Original Name : Boscoe Holder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Constable

Original Name : George Curtis

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-13

When the eponymous girl is found murdered, it falls to "Supt. Hazard" (Nigel Patrick) and his sidekick "Learoyd" (Michael Craig) to get to the bottom of things. There seems a genuine sense of shock amongst her friends, her landlady and her fiancée "David" (Paul Massie) and his family but when her brother, a doctor, arrives the whole investigation takes on an whole new complexion. What now ensues in a rather unsophisticated police drama, admittedly, but the social and racial aspects of life in London in the late 1950s are writ large - a poignant and frankly rather shameful indictment of attitudes amongst people of various social classes who allow bigotry to remain an accepted part of day-to-day life - even amongst those looking into the crime. Patrick is solid here, as is the victim's would-be father-in-law Bernard Miles ("Ted") and though the denouement has shades of Agatha Christie to it, it's still quite a well paced, compelling and uncomfortable, watch.