The Drayton Case
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| The Drayton Case | |
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Produced by | Alec C. Snowden executive Nat Cohen Stuart Levy |
| Written by | Ken Hughes |
| Starring | Victor Platt Vincent Ball John Le Mesuirer |
| Narrated by | Edgar Lustgarten |
| Cinematography | John Wiles |
| Edited by | Derek Holding |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
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Release dates
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February 1953 |
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Running time
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26 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Drayton Case is a 1953 British short crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Edgar Lustgarten, Hilda Barry and John Le Mesurier.[1]
Shown originally as a support feature in cinemas, it became the first of the Scotland Yard TV series.[2]
Contents
Plot
During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman. It turns out she was killed by her husband Charles Drayton.
Cast
- Vincent Platt as Drayton
- Hilda Barry as Elizabeth Drayton
- John Le Mesurier as Div. Spt. Henley
- Victor Ball as Henley’s assistant
References
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- ↑ Scotland Yard at CTVA accessed 25 June 2014
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Drayton Case at IMDb
- The Drayton Case at BFI
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