The Drayton Case

The Drayton Case
Directed by Ken Hughes
Produced by Alec C. Snowden
executive
Nat Cohen
Stuart Levy
Written by Ken Hughes
Starring Victor Platt
Vincent Ball
John Le Mesuirer
Narrated by Edgar Lustgarten
Cinematography John Wiles
Edited by Derek Holding
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date
 February 1953
Running time
 26 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

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.[1]

Made at Merton Park Studios, it was originally released as support for cinema feature film screenings and later screened on television.[2]

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

Plot

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.

Cast

  • Vincent Platt as Drayton
  • Hilda Barry as Elizabeth Drayton
  • John Le Mesurier as Div. Spt. Henley
  • Victor Ball as Henley’s assistant

References

  1. ↑ "The Drayton Case (1953)". BFI.
  2. ↑ Scotland Yard at CTVA accessed 25 June 2014
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