Sapphire
Available on Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee, Plex
A beautiful female college student is found dead in a public park; the police soon discover that her murder may have been racially motivated. Basil Dearden’s bold, direct police procedural, starring Nigel Patrick as the detective in charge of the investigation, is a devastating look at the way bigotry crosses class divides, and a snapshot of the increasingly interracial culture of England in the late fifties.
Starring Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
Director Basil Dearden