The Drayton Case
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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
- Edgar Lustgarten as host
- Vincent Platt as Drayton
- Hilda Barry as Elizabeth Drayton
- John Le Mesurier as Div. Spt. Henley
- Victor Ball as Henley's assistant
Production
Made at Merton Park Studios, it was originally released as support for cinema feature film screenings and later screened on television.[3]
References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck
- The Drayton Case at BFI
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- 1950s British films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1953 crime films
- 1953 films
- 1953 short films
- Anglo-Amalgamated Productions films
- British black-and-white films
- British crime films
- British short films
- English-language crime films
- English-language short films
- Films directed by Ken Hughes