

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.
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- police
- scotland yard
- intrigue
- murder investigation
- racial prejudice
- mixed race
- police procedural
- metropolitan police
- passing for white
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR2 Nov 1959
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon21 Apr 1959
- PhysicalPGDVD5 Sept 2011
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Sapphire was released on 2 November 1959.
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CinemaSerf
11/13/2022
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 unsophist…
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