The Drayton Case

Feb 1, 1953

0h 26m

★ 6.0

Overview

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

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Merton Park Studios

The Drayton Case Trailers

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Cast

Self: Narrator

Edgar Lustgarten

Drayton

Victor Platt

Mrs. Drayton

Hilda Barry

Divisional Superintendent Henley

John Le Mesurier

Henley's Assistant

Vincent Ball

Mr Taylor

Bartlett Mullins

Caretaker

Edward Malin

Pathologist

Geoffrey Bellman

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