The Drayton Case

The Drayton Case
Directed by	Ken Hughes
Written by	Ken Hughes
Produced by	Alec C. Snowden executive Nat Cohen Stuart Levy
Starring	Victor Platt Vincent Ball John Le Mesuirer
Narrated by	Edgar Lustgarten
Cinematography	John Wiles
Edited by	Derek Holding
Production company	Anglo-Amalgamated
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date	February 1953 (1953-02)
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][2]

Made at Merton Park Studios, it was originally released as support for cinema feature film screenings and later screened on television.^[3]

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 aeroplane 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. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012.
2. Vagg, Stephen (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur". Filmink.
3. Scotland Yard at CTVA accessed 25 June 2014

External links

• The Drayton Case at IMDb
• The Drayton Case at BFI