During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.
Edward Malin
- Caretaker
- (as Eddie Malin)
Geoffrey Bellman
- Pathologist
- (as Geoffrey Bewian)
Humphrey Morton
- Dental Technician
- (as Humphry Morton)
Bruce Beeby
- Policeman
- (as Bruce Bebe)
Lindsay Hooper
- Man in Shelter
- (uncredited)
Richard Shaw
- Workman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaAlthough fictional, the main elements presented in the film match an actual murder case. On 27 January 1943 Harry Dobkin was executed at Wandsworth prison for the murder of his wife Rachel. The murder was likely committed in April 1941 at Vauxhall Baptist Church in London. She was reported missing by her sister, strangled, identified by dental records, last seen alive when she met her husband in a cafe to discuss outstanding maintenance payments, and there was a mysterious fire, a few days after she went missing, at the church where her husband was the firewatcher.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: SCOTLAND YARD a dramatised adaptation on one of the many crimes investigated by the most celebrated police centre in the world -.
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The Drayton Case
Edgar Lustgarten narrates what became part of the Scotland Yard series.
Lustgarten states that one of the problems when you commit murder is what to do with the body.
In this instance, the murderer hid the body under a pile of rubble during wartime London.
The skeleton of a woman is discovered under what was a school. The police still need to make sure that the corpse was a victim of a German air raid and not foul play.
The forensic expert examines the skeleton and comes up with some details. Like the age of the woman, build and that she had some false teeth. The woman dies approximately two years ago.
After that some months go by as the police go through missing persons but they make a breakthrough. Inspector Henley visits the dead woman's estranged husband.
This is in fact a simple police procedural but I can see that audiences would had been amazed at the forensics back in 1953. The perpetrator was essentially a bit dim and a basic mistake gave them away
I hesitate to say if this was actually murder. I think manslaughter would be the most appropriate term given Lustgarten's musings.
Lustgarten states that one of the problems when you commit murder is what to do with the body.
In this instance, the murderer hid the body under a pile of rubble during wartime London.
The skeleton of a woman is discovered under what was a school. The police still need to make sure that the corpse was a victim of a German air raid and not foul play.
The forensic expert examines the skeleton and comes up with some details. Like the age of the woman, build and that she had some false teeth. The woman dies approximately two years ago.
After that some months go by as the police go through missing persons but they make a breakthrough. Inspector Henley visits the dead woman's estranged husband.
This is in fact a simple police procedural but I can see that audiences would had been amazed at the forensics back in 1953. The perpetrator was essentially a bit dim and a basic mistake gave them away
I hesitate to say if this was actually murder. I think manslaughter would be the most appropriate term given Lustgarten's musings.
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- Prismark10
- Nov 7, 2020
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- Also known as
- Casebook: The Case of the Drayton Case
- Filming locations
- Merton Park Studios, Merton, London, England, UK(studio: made at Merton Park Studios)
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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