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The Drayton Case

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Director
  
Ken Hughes

Screenplay
  
Ken Hughes

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Short

Producer
  
Alec C. Snowden

Writer
  
Ken Hughes

Language
  
English

Release date
  
February 1953

Cast
  
Edgar Lustgarten
(Host),
John Le Mesurier
(Inspector Henley),
Hilda Barry
(Elizabeth Drayton),
Edward Malin
(Caretaker),
Victor Platt
(Charles Drayton)

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The Drayton Case is a 1953 British short crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Edgar Lustgarten, Hilda Barry and John Le Mesurier.

Contents

Shown originally as a support feature in cinemas, it became the first of the Scotland Yard TV series.

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

    The Drayton Case Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Drayton Case IMDb