Sapphire (1959)
With Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Paul Massie, Earl Cameron, Bernard Miles, Barbara Steele, Harry Baird
Directed by Basil Dearden
Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, and Paul Massie. A progressive film for its time, it focuses on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies, and explores the "underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people" about those of another race.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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