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The Drayton Case is a British film of genre Crime directed by Ken Hughes with John Le Mesurier

The Drayton Case (1953)

The Drayton Case
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Length 26minutes
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Genres Crime
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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.


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

Synopsis

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.

Actors

John Le Mesurier

(Divisional Superintendent Henley)Vincent Ball

(Henley's Assistant)
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