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Sapphire

Release Date:November 2, 1959

Running Time:92 min

Genres:Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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Cast

Nigel Patrick Michael Craig Yvonne Mitchell Paul Massie Bernard Miles Olga Lindo Earl Cameron Gordon Heath Barbara Steele Peter Vaughan Yvonne Buckingham Jocelyn Britton

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Synopsis

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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