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The Drayton Case (1953)

26m

Running Time

The Drayton Case (1953)

Name: The Drayton Case
Genre: Crime
Released: 1953-02-01

26m

Running Time

Plot.

During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.

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Cast & Crew.

Edgar Lustgarten

Self: Narrator

Victor Platt

Drayton

Hilda Barry

Mrs. Drayton

John Le Mesurier

Divisional Superintendent Henley

Vincent Ball

Henley's Assistant

Bartlett Mullins

Mr Taylor

Edward Malin

Caretaker

Geoffrey Bellman

Pathologist

Ken Hughes

Director / Writer

Humphrey Morton

Dental Technician

Alec C. Snowden

Producer

John Wiles

Cinematographer

Derek Holding

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
February 1, 1953

Status
Released

Running Time
26m

Genres
Crime

Last updated: 2025-03-29

This Movie Is About.

short

Wiki.

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.

Made at Merton Park Studios, it was originally released as support for cinema feature film screenings and later screened on television.

It is based on the case of Harry Dobkin with names and some other details changed.