The Drayton Case Explained

The Drayton Case
Director:Ken Hughes
Producer:Alec C. Snowden
executive
Nat Cohen
Stuart Levy
Starring:Victor Platt
Vincent Ball
John Le Mesuirer
Narrator:Edgar Lustgarten
Cinematography:John Wiles
Editing:Derek Holding
Studio:Anglo-Amalgamated
Distributor:Anglo-Amalgamated
Runtime:26 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Drayton Case (1953). https://web.archive.org/web/20120919083426/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6bd0c039. dead. 2012-09-19. BFI.
  2. Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur. 14 November 2020.
  3. http://ctva.biz/UK/ScotlandYard.htm Scotland Yard at CTVA