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Sapphire

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

7.0(53)19591h 32m3

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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Released
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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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Release dates

  • 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

    7/10

    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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