The Drayton Case
1953 film by Ken Hughes
- February 1953 (1953-02)
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The Drayton Case is a 1953 British short crime film produced by the Anglo-Amalgamated production company as part of their Scotland Yard film series. It was directed by Ken Hughes and is hosted by Edgar Lustgarten. It stars Hilda Barry and John Le Mesurier.[1][2]
Made at Merton Park Studios, it was originally released as support for cinema feature film screenings and later screened on television.[3]
It is based on the case of Harry Dobkin with names and some other details changed.
Plot
During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German aeroplane 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
External links
- The Drayton Case at IMDb
- The Drayton Case at BFI
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Films directed by Ken Hughes
- Wide Boy (1952)
- Black 13 (1953)
- The House Across the Lake (1954)
- The Brain Machine (1955)
- Little Red Monkey (1955)
- Confession (1955)
- Timeslip (1955)
- Joe MacBeth (1955)
- Wicked as They Come (1956)
- The Long Haul (1957)
- Jazz Boat (1960)
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
- In the Nick (1960)
- The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
- Of Human Bondage (1964)
- Drop Dead Darling (1966)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Cromwell (1970)
- The Internecine Project (1974)
- Alfie Darling (1975)
- Sextette (1978)
- Night School (1981)
- The Drayton Case (1953)
- The Dark Stairway (1953)
- Murder Anonymous (1955)
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