| 词条 | Sapphire (film) |
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| name = Sapphire | image = sapphireposter.jpg | caption = UK release poster | director = Basil Dearden | producer = Michael Relph Earl St. John (executive producer) | writer = Janet Green | starring = Nigel Patrick Yvonne Mitchell Michael Craig Paul Massie Earl Cameron Bernard Miles | music = Philip Green | cinematography = Harry Waxman | editing = John D. Guthridge | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=y|1959|4|21|United Kingdom}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }}Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. It focuses on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies and explores the "underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people" that exist towards another race.[1] The film was directed by Basil Dearden and stars Nigel Patrick, Earl Cameron and Yvonne Mitchell. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Film and screenwriter Janet Green won a 1960 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Foreign Film Screenplay.[1] It was considered a progressive movie for its time.[2] Earl Cameron, who played the part of Sapphire's brother,[3] would appear two years later in another English film dealing with racial issues, the 1961 film Flame in the Streets.[4] PlotThe body of a pregnant young woman is found stabbed on Hampstead Heath. Although she appears to be white, when her brother (Earl Cameron) arrives at the police station to give evidence, the investigating police officers see that he is black. He confirms that he and Sapphire were both the children of a white father and a black mother, but Sapphire has recently been passing for white.[5] Sapphire's white boyfriend, a student, immediately becomes the chief suspect, but, as the investigation proceeds, other aspects of Sapphire's life in London bring to light other possible suspects. Cast
Critical receptionThe New York Times wrote, "If "Sapphire" is not entirely in a class by itself, the combination of murder mystery and racial issues puts it several interesting cuts above standard movie melodrama."[6]Paperback novelizationIn April 1959, Panther Books of London issued a screenplay novelization by prolific mystery and thriller novelist E.G. Cousins. References1. ^{{imdb title|0053242|Sapphire|section=awards}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Sapphire_1959/listType/alpha|title=Britmovie.co.uk|publisher=}} 3. ^1 screenonline Sapphire (1959) 4. ^Britmovie.co.uk Flame in the Streets {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321113906/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/pinewood/filmography/1960/1961/003.html |date=21 March 2009 }} 5. ^Britmovie.co.uk Features, Sapphire (1959) by David Cairns 6. ^https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D01E2D7133CE63BBC4B53DFB7678382649EDE External links
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