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7.0/10 • 45

1959-11-021h 32m

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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.

Directors
Basil Dearden
Writters
Janet Green
Editors
Janet Green, John D. Guthridge

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  1. Nigel Patrick

    Nigel Patrick

    Superintendent Robert Hazard

  2. Michael Craig

    Michael Craig

    Inspector Phil Learoyd

  3. Yvonne Mitchell

    Yvonne Mitchell

    Mildred

  4. Paul Massie

    Paul Massie

    David Harris

  5. Bernard Miles

    Bernard Miles

    Ted Harris

  6. Olga Lindo

    Olga Lindo

    Mrs. Harris

  7. Earl Cameron

    Earl Cameron

    Dr. Robbins

  8. Gordon Heath

    Gordon Heath

    Paul Slade

  9. Barbara Steele

    Barbara Steele

    Student

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CinemaSerf

Nov 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 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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
london, englandpolicescotland yardintriguemurder investigationracial prejudicemixed racepolice proceduralmetropolitan policepassing for white