There's so much emphasis these days on new movies, action, amazing fighting scenes, special effects and graphics, with a lot of tech. But you cant beat a simple but good story.
I can see why this film won awards. Im not going to say anything except watch it!. Intelligent, well acted and believible. Content matter is serious stuff, as serious as it is now and relevant as always!. Now if thats ridiculously cryptic....too bad, watch the movie, you wont regret it☺️
My mom dragged me to the theater in 1959 to see this and it wasn't for lack of a babysitter. But I was 11 years old and had not a clue. Dry, British, no action, boring. Like so much about my mother, a retrospective of her and her influence is felt everyday of my life. And I am grateful. BY THE WAY, truly outstanding flick.
Excellent. As an optimist, I believe diversity & acceptance will prevail. I intermarried in 1971 & my educated children have not experienced skin prejudice but religion/ ethnicity has caused some barriers. There are always good people who stand up to wrongs.
Intermarried? This word should not even exist in this context. Is a blue eye woman marrying a brown eye man, an intermarried couple? It would never even occurred to me to call you as intermarried couple. You're just a married couple, just like if one of you were French. It's shocking that people can't see it as such. Orangutans share 97% of their DNA with us, and here we can make a division.❤
Unfortunately people act like we haven't come so far from the Jim Crow days, anyone can be whatever they want. Except if you're a white Christian male.
A very poignant story about the realities of the racial divide that existed at the time (1959) and, sadly, a story that underscores the very real darkness that things may not have changed very much in sixty years. This film covers a topic that was still pretty much taboo in the US - and other "civilized" countries - 1959. A topic that even Hollywood did not tackle for several more years. The film presents a sad story about prejudice, love, bigotry, and the deeply ingrained attitudes of hatred against people who are of a different race/color than what some wish the world should be - from a policeman to the family you thought you knew so well. With all the hatred shown in the film, it was nice to see some enlighted and decent people also being portrayed in this excellent story with an excellent cast. TY @Retrospective for posting this powerful story. END the hate.
This movie blows me away. One of the best all around movies that I have ever seen and yet I never heard of it. A great plot, morality, and a stupendous social commentary. Much for many to learn from this even to this day.
I remember when this movie was playing at my local RKO theater. I was only 11 years old at the time and such mature movies were over my head, but not the circumstances inherent in the storyin this case, having grown up in the nearby Bland NYC Housing Project.
Richard-i never suspected david's sister--but his father because of one of his comments..fortunately times/attitudes have changed greatly.. now mixed couples are rather common.
@@nanettew4398 And religious bias... and national... and ethnic... and ideological. I think the facts show that each of these exceeds the suffering caused by racial violence.
My mother, too. My mom dragged me to the theater I 1959 to see this. Of course, I was 11 years old and had not a clue. Dry, British, no action, boring. Like so much about my mother, a retrospective of her and her influence is felt everyday of my life. And I am grateful.
Good film from 1959, and shown in full and no annoying adverts in it. So many faces that I have known over the years in films, and done during the years I have lived through, as I was 14 yrs when it was made, and some good films made in the 60's and 70's too.. Like Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Bernard Miles and a few more actors from days gone by. Not seen this film before, so thanks for putting it up with good quality and sound. I worked in London for a couple of years in the late 60's, a city that is totally different today though, and not for the better either, like so many others.
Wow! Did Alfred Hitchcock write this story? This movie was better than any of the stupid (crap) we see today. I enjoyed this movie so much, and thank you for the upload! No curse words, no fake boobs, nor botox, no strip poles, no sex scenes, no nudity, nor bad cosmetic surgeries which distract from the theme, nor any stupid story themes, nor bad acting. I can see how our society has morally decayed, and this movie depicts just that! I hope I can find more movies like this one.
He could have done It was amazing in its messages The acting worthy of a Hitchcock movie As is the scenery and look A dark moody film about the stigma of having dark skin created by those with no real sense of reality who don't restrict their prejudice to just skin-tone It covers all aspects of that which they consider inferior to their ideal notions of how it should be Yet these are not the notions we all share Who are we to dictate what is good or bad Nobody knows what color Adam was when he first walked the earth And it's never been told Simply because its irrelevant
You are so right. And when they make a remake of a great old film it's awful. I saw Witness for the Prosecution the other night, a remake. It was dark and depressing. What a difference with the old one with Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, Elsa Lanchester! I've taken to watching the old movies.
An extremely good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Made me forget about my worries for a bit. Excellent acting and story. I thought it was the Father. Surprised at the ending. Thank you for airing this fantastic movie. 🎬📽🎞🎥
Retro----- You're showing a consistent good taste in films. Especially the "under-sung" ones. The production here (acting, direction, etc.) is very good, but the writing is superb. Thanks for this.
Amazing and fabulous! Amazing that since I saw, as an early teen, the trailer to this film in a backwater in Alberta in 60 or 61 and I wanted to see it, there was no way. It vanished till now, lo these many years, and as a geezer I can say that I knew it would be good, and that even now, the film has aged well due to brilliant performances and for those days, some pretty vanguard stuff. Bravo! Thank you for reuniting me with this gem after all these years...👍
Nigel Patrick a sublime actor. Professional, commanding, down to earth, holds and carries the other actors within the film. l like his no nonsense approach, and his comedy acting is very good.
Oh, this is a clever little film, a pleasure to watch a sophisticated story about race, not at all obvious or shallow - racism that cuts both ways and has many layers of class and distinction. Every character has a depth and a real quality. Proud to say I guessed right from the start, probably comes from watching too much Perry Mason. Worth seeing!
I too, tagged the sister early on...when the pram came out of the shed..l thought the father, who else could pull a pram up that dirt/gravel road with a body in it...good mystery. I agree with your surmise of the plot too. Excellent writing!
@TheBull, man I used to love Perry Mason. When I was doing my afternoon paper route in the 60s. I would stop into this little market down in "the neighborhood" where the old owner would have it playing on the TV. I don't ever remember seeing anyone else in the store. It was very old with wooden floors, the black iron fans mounted high up on the walls...Etc no air conditioning back then. The good old days truly!
I know what you meant but I have to take offense to the sentence "...a clever little film, a pleasure to watch a sophisticated story about race, not at all obvious or shallow...". Here are some thoughts. 1. Considering that exactly such a murder may have actually taken place, there is nothing so clever about the writing of this film as it is only recounting historical facts, 2. You are right, race and the social/ familial instruction to abhor anything black, or the pc reference "colored", is a "sophisticated" social construct, but of whites and as a matter of fact racism too then is a social construct of whites. Racism is a white man's disease that has sadly permeated into other ethnicities and cultures. Blacks who do not want to marry whites is a natural social reaction to racism by elitist blacks. However never is the killing of another human being sophisticated. Here we saw the downfall of two young individuals, one born black who abandoned their own ethnicity to marry white because they superficially thought that doing so would elevate their social status and the other born white who mistakenly thought...why the exact opposite that marrying a colored person would demean the social standing of the family. The former paid dearly with their life and that of an unborn. I feel most sorry for the two young children in the movie. I cannot imagine these two young children growing into adulthood to perpetuate this terrible, terrible social construct. It's just not how God made us. www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/murder-in-notting-hill
The following year he would appear in another, quite different film directed by Basil Dearden - namely, "The League of Gentlemen." And the year after that he and Yvonne Mitchell would co-star in yet another great film (with Aldo Ray and William Bendix): "Johnny Nobody."
Wow, "you can get me at the Dorset Hotel, they take us there". I was born in the late 50's so I have some memories of things being very lopsided, but to see and hear it like that, wow.😥💔
That is a notable comment. Remember that this was before the 1965 and 1968 Race Relations Acts.
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"Look Phil, given the right atmosphere you can organize riots against anyone; Jews. Catholics, Negroes, Irish. Even policemen with big feet." This was written in 1959. How prescient.
This gripping movie won a few major international awards including the BAFTA for best British film. It was up against Ben-Hur in a lot of categories. It's superbly written, acted and filmed by a great, under-rated (today) director and it includes a host of very well known actors in uncredited roles from Peter Vaughan to Fenella Fielding to Rupert Davies to Susan Stranks (off Magpie) and John Richardson who went on to play opposite Raquel Welch in 1 million years BC and Barbra Streisand in On a Clear Day. It deals with racial prejudice head on in away that will probably surprise younger people and you'd just never see today. I love the art direction, almost every interior is painted grey with grey furniture and fittings, either a wonderful creative concept or possibly there was a job lot on that shade at the paint shop! Strongly recommended.
The Rank Organisation had a way of producing good films, and this one was no exception. A bold exploration of a very difficult subject, especially given the time this film was made.
Yvonne Mitchell played the Russian girl murdered in the great film "Tiger Bay" with Hayley Mills. If you have not seen that one you are in for a treat. Excellent movie. This one was very gripping and kept you on the edge of your seat right to the end. Amazing what a delicate job a detective has to do. Raw emotions and peoples desperate deception around every corner. Who to believe...or not. Innocent lives in the balance.
Blimey ! Greatly looking forward to watching this ! Never even heard of this British mystery till now. And it's in color....an added treat ! THANKS so much for uploading ! CHEERS !! :-)
Racism is a thought process that exists in peoples minds, discrimination is an outward expression of that racism. Search Thomas sowell. He is probably the most educated speaker I've heard on the topic and on many other topics.
What a terrific movie!! Like other folks commenting, I have never heard of it-- but this was just brilliant, and kept me guessing 'til the end! Thank you for sharing it!
Speak for yourself, spent my time on board cruise ships and in coffee shops and International airports spreading sexually transmitted diseases like peanut butter!
Superb movie and very provoking. My Mum went through similar back in the 60's, as many did. "No blacks, no Irish, no dogs, no service." She had to wait until my Dad came home to go shopping for essentials. And the world really hasn't advanced much in attitude, it pretends it has but it's there, always there.
@AMT It's a growing notion in the US, especially among "black activists", that blacks cannot even be racist. It's great when you can self-absolve, isn't it?
One of my all-time favourite films. I'm a Londoner, born in the 1940s and this film was pretty accurate in people's prejudices, problems and attitudes back at that time. 10 out of 10 from me!
Did you visit any islands around the world to see if their prejudices, problems and attitudes as a very independent kind of people were similar? There are still only 25.57 million people in Madagascar. Probably a bit more than the lemur population. We'll always be an island and therefore islanders. It remains to be seen if the new multicultural breed will make it since it's only the product of fake news and other methods of social engineering. For all I know, future generations will be more xenophobic as a result of our crumbling infrastructure and seething mass of immigrants who do not appreciate values such as space and independence. Freedom too except that, being an island, we've been invaded repeatedly by foreigners and struggled to conserve the bare minimum.
@@Antraeus Well said. Just because you are not white does not make you immune to being a racist and maybe those people in the 1940s new something. Their fears may have been well founded. When you start to let a few in you then get fake news, migrant invasion, no go zones, crimes, rapes, bombs, sharia law, loss of freedom of speech, loss of British culture, loss of Western civilization, Islamization of Britain. This is slowly happening in most western countries thanks to traitorous people in Government.
+1956soulmate Multi-culturalism is a joke, invented by Liars, Blair, Merkle and their excusory lame liberal world of looking after Rapists, Murderous "Immigrants" who all happen to be young MEN of a fathering age. White people Jamaicans and West Indians and all Coloured skins, especially Sikh and Hindu are now second class with no voice behind Self empowered and Militant Islam and Jews. Racism is alive and well looking after the greedy, the pathetic, the immoral and the murderer. 😉 Take care folks 😉😉😉
@@1956soulmate It's kind of late to finally realise that there's a cultural war being waged against us by the bought-and-paid-for Establishment unfortunately. And most people still don't get it. Divide and rule works every time. What we need is unity. And while British people are divided and allow political parties to pen them into an 'either or' attitude they'll subscribe to a point of view like a religion and we'll remain forever weak. So it's our own fault. I used to vote and watch the telly so I'm as much to blame as anybody else. Awareness is a choice. One must love the truth in order to break through the solid wall of lies and propaganda that is constantly shoved down our throats in the media, publishing and other outlets of the new Weimar Republic.
It is really interesting to view the various people who are connected to Sapphire through Nigel Patrick’s character’s eyes. Well done vehicle for a complex layered story.
I like it very much. A real whodunit. I love how the list of suspects kept growing and changing all the way through. It also illustrates that racism IS a two way street, no matter what some people would like to believe.
It definitely is a two way street. I experienced that with an ex boyfriend’s mother. She hated me on sight, and made snarky remarks about “the white girl”. She didn’t know I was the girlfriend, because he was afraid of her reaction, and introduced me as his friend. She was still overtly rude to me, to the point of not speaking to me, but speaking to her son (in front of me) about me.
Brilliant film, great music, lovely cars and scenes of London at the time and I cannot help thinking a lot of these viewers are very much younger saying London is Grey!!! It is a black and white movie, although the scenes were set in some rather downtrodden sites but London was still being rebuilt after the war. Real and gritty, a Pinewood masterpiece, thank you
Wait, you are saying this was a Black and White movie as in the color of the movie itself? If so, I am thinking you may want to go see your optometrist. This film is not anywhere close to a black and white, I am in awe where you are not seeing colors in this film.
What a wonderful film. It unashamedly explored the values and prejudices of that time in such an honest way. Left nothing hidden. Very different to today's PC society where we just don't say anything to upset the status quo. A plus to this was that this is the best film I've seen this year.
The PC culture has it's roots in civil rights and the growing ability to speak out against all kinds of bigotry and inequality. Sensitive subjects CAN be spoken about, expressing hatred can't. I don't have a problem with it.
It's not the "PC" that's banning the discussion; if you read actual news, it's the "far right fundies" who are suppressing this kind of frank discussion about racism with the whole 'stop woke act'. Political correctness was a 90s liberal thing.
Excellent film, which I saw on it's release, many, many years ago. Nigel Patrick on top form, as usual. What a great actor he was. Had the pleasure of seeing him live in a West End play whilst on my honeymoon.
@@richardhewit215 absolutely. People were happier then when their aspirations and expectations were lower ! Today people are, in my opinion, generally discontented with their lot. We need to go backwards to go forward!!
Thanks for posting, it was a brilliant watch. Terrific picture quality & in colour too. I particularly enjoyed the street scenes of the various vehicles & shop fronts advertising all sorts, one is able to get a real glimpse of the past! Coupled with this is the issue of racism which was handled very well. Some truly great acting 🎭 too, very realistic performances all round.
This is a really good movie. I am so surprised, it kept my attention completely and its full of interesting cultural detail from London at this moment in history. Pretty fascinating and very well written and directed. Strong recommend.
Portrays the endemic racism that underpinned British society. I was born in 1965 and as a youngster I recall the dying days of this common prejudice. Not hatred more contemptuous dislike and distrust. Some people still can't help themselves even today. They know they have to hide it. I recognise it when I see it.
What a good movie. It's a valuable lesson in always choosing love over hate, as Jesus teaches us. And I like the twist at the end. Thank you for uploading it.
I saw this film in the cinema when I was a teenager in 1962. It was much better than the primary feature in a double feature show. I was very impressed by the film and surprised it played in Norfolk, Va.
David Lamb, I just thought the same thing, it came up on my phone today, and even though I have seen it several times, including when it first came out, I am watching it again, and had the same thought that it doesn't seem dated, except for referring to African Americans as "colored, it could have been made in more recent times.
I thoroughly enjoy these older films where men behaved as gentlemen and women as ladies. Style was timeless and rich with function and simplicity. Also, I was born in the year it was made. There's always the proper English language used without always swearing. Love these from eastern Ontario, Canada.
Sapphire, the star of the movie and the most interesting character only was in one scene, everything else was second hand. As the movie went on I wanted to see her in action, but she was a sad memory by then. Lots of twists and surprises made this a good film.
Yes you're right there you look at the credits and you see Sapphire's name is mentioned at the very last the characters. And you know the obvious killer follows Nigel Patrick on the next line. Almost seems like an instant giveaway.
Yeah it is a sad story and leaves you with longing to have seen Sapphire alive at some point in the movie even if just flashbacks! Great film all the same !
@@KingKenny.Yes, just what I thought, also. At least a few flashbacks, if not several, sprinkled throughout the movie -- like following cracker crumbs through the woods.
Loved Nigel Patrick’s acting in this movie. My favorite movie with him is Johnny Nobody where he plays a Catholic priest.He reminds me of a young Bill Murray.
Very good movie. The final utterance: 'We've only picked up the pieces' says it all---the 'hate for the coloured people remains. But the Tulip Club dancing scene is a brilliant capture! The ferreting out of the killer from all these nearly suspected groups makes it the best kind of sleuth movie I have seen.
@@luzvaldes1030 No, just observant. Rampant nostalgia is responsible for the MAGA movement, since people remember the parts of the past that they choose to.
Nothing New under the Sun....There will always be Prejudice ....Just to teach us ...if nothing else...even among the SAME race... Even animals have prejudice....Not sure why they do it...but they do...The Movie is a Call to be aware of the pitfalls it creates...and how ugly it is...my 2 cents
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There's so much emphasis these days on new movies, action, amazing fighting scenes, special effects and graphics, with a lot of tech. But you cant beat a simple but good story.
“The Adam Project” combines both well, but it’s a unicorn in a sea of ridiculous new movies.
I’m always looking for stories. This is a good one.
Absolutely!
Those new movies suck actor and actress worse over acting.
I can see why this film won awards. Im not going to say anything except watch it!. Intelligent, well acted and believible. Content matter is serious stuff, as serious as it is now and relevant as always!. Now if thats ridiculously cryptic....too bad, watch the movie, you wont regret it☺️
I did
I will not say anything either
But just watch it
Or else......😢😊😢
I remember finding it by accident and just being blown away by it. I have watched it several times since. A wonderful and very important film.
This film made me feel deep hate for everyone who hates differente races, religions, opinions, nations or people with handicaps
This film is ace have watched it 1 million times now
Considering the year 1959 the color and clarity is outstanding.
Thanks so much for sharing this gem!
My mom dragged me to the theater in 1959 to see this and it wasn't for lack of a babysitter. But I was 11 years old and had not a clue. Dry, British, no action, boring. Like so much about my mother, a retrospective of her and her influence is felt everyday of my life. And I am grateful.
BY THE WAY, truly outstanding flick.
How terrible
I just hope it wasn't by your hair😂😢😮😊😅😮😢😂
Your mother was treating you as an adult! My mother needed a mother. 😄
Thank you and true. @@sscbkr48
Its true what the Superintendent at the end . The paradox is they never really solved the crime , they just picked up the pieces.
LOL
I think Basil Dearden was the most underrated filmmaker in Britain. A real pro. He made a number of solid works.
Victim is one of my favourite movies, his work was so ahead of its time and holds up amazingly!
Terrific film. Daring for its time and still relevant today unfortunately. Brilliant.
I love the way the doctor put inspector Leroy in his place.
Yvonne Mitchell’s acting in the final scene is superb. The drab, dingy settings are an eloquent and powerful part of the total effect.
Hi I'm called Harriet as well. In real life , I mean.Hi sis
we are rare , special birds...
Her anger is definitely relatable.
Excellent. As an optimist, I believe diversity & acceptance will prevail. I intermarried in 1971 & my educated children have not experienced skin prejudice but religion/ ethnicity has caused some barriers. There are always good people who stand up to wrongs.
Intermarried? This word should not even exist in this context.
Is a blue eye woman marrying a brown eye man, an intermarried couple?
It would never even occurred to me to call you as intermarried couple.
You're just a married couple, just like if one of you were French.
It's shocking that people can't see it as such.
Orangutans share 97% of their DNA with us, and here we can make a division.❤
Unfortunately people act like we haven't come so far from the Jim Crow days, anyone can be whatever they want. Except if you're a white Christian male.
A very poignant story about the realities of the racial divide that existed at the time (1959) and, sadly, a story that underscores the very real darkness that things may not have changed very much in sixty years. This film covers a topic that was still pretty much taboo in the US - and other "civilized" countries - 1959. A topic that even Hollywood did not tackle for several more years. The film presents a sad story about prejudice, love, bigotry, and the deeply ingrained attitudes of hatred against people who are of a different race/color than what some wish the world should be - from a policeman to the family you thought you knew so well. With all the hatred shown in the film, it was nice to see some enlighted and decent people also being portrayed in this excellent story with an excellent cast. TY @Retrospective for posting this powerful story. END the hate.
This movie blows me away. One of the best all around movies that I have ever seen and yet I never heard of it. A great plot, morality, and a stupendous social commentary. Much for many to learn from this even to this day.
Totally agree.... racial bias causes such a stupendous amount of suffering to this day.....and mostly it starts at home.....
I remember when this movie was playing at my local RKO theater. I was only 11 years old at the time and such mature movies were over my head, but not the circumstances inherent in the storyin this case, having grown up in the nearby Bland NYC Housing Project.
Richard-i never suspected david's sister--but his father because of one of his comments..fortunately times/attitudes have changed greatly.. now mixed couples are rather common.
i was a young man in london in 59 thats the way it was believe me in many people brought back some bad memories ..
@@nanettew4398 And religious bias... and national... and ethnic... and ideological. I think the facts show that each of these exceeds the suffering caused by racial violence.
Great parting line, "We didn't solve anything, we just picked up the pieces."
Yes one of the few great party lines, the other is from Casablanca this looks like the start of a beautiful friendship.
Well said!!!
Well said!!!
This era always made brilliant films ❤
Very noir!
My mother LOVES this movie, she was always telling me about it. It was a super-rare flick for many years, thrilled to find it here!!
My mother, too. My mom dragged me to the theater I 1959 to see this. Of course, I was 11 years old and had not a clue. Dry, British, no action, boring. Like so much about my mother, a retrospective of her and her influence is felt everyday of my life. And I am grateful.
It's virtually unknown in the USA, unfortunately.
Good film from 1959, and shown in full and no annoying adverts in it.
So many faces that I have known over the years in films, and done during the years I have lived through, as I was 14 yrs when it was made, and some good films made in the 60's and 70's too..
Like Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Bernard Miles and a few more actors from days gone by.
Not seen this film before, so thanks for putting it up with good quality and sound.
I worked in London for a couple of years in the late 60's, a city that is totally different today though, and not for the better either, like so many others.
Excellent film.
Thank you for making it available.
Wow! Did Alfred Hitchcock write this story? This movie was better than any of the stupid (crap) we see today. I enjoyed this movie so much, and thank you for the upload! No curse words, no fake boobs, nor botox, no strip poles, no sex scenes, no nudity, nor bad cosmetic surgeries which distract from the theme, nor any stupid story themes, nor bad acting. I can see how our society has morally decayed, and this movie depicts just that! I hope I can find more movies like this one.
No way, this film is boring. Hatch's films aren't boring.
@@m1lst3r89not enough action and sex for your excellent taste Im sure
He could have done
It was amazing in its messages
The acting worthy of a Hitchcock movie
As is the scenery and look
A dark moody film about the stigma of having dark skin created by those with no real sense of reality who don't restrict their prejudice to just skin-tone
It covers all aspects of that which they consider inferior to their ideal notions of how it should be
Yet these are not the notions we all share
Who are we to dictate what is good or bad
Nobody knows what color Adam was when he first walked the earth
And it's never been told
Simply because its irrelevant
Not a Hitchcock film,not boring enough!
You are so right. And when they make a remake of a great old film it's awful. I saw Witness for the Prosecution the other night, a remake. It was dark and depressing. What a difference with the old one with Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, Elsa Lanchester! I've taken to watching the old movies.
A wonderful historical piece of 50's cinema. Thank you.
An extremely good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Made me forget about my worries for a bit. Excellent acting and story. I thought it was the Father. Surprised at the ending. Thank you for airing this fantastic movie. 🎬📽🎞🎥
Everyone was prejudiced, one way or the other. Very watchable film. My favourite scene was in the Tulip Club, with the dancing - great atmosphere.
excellent movie. I can see why it would win awards. What a great examination of social prejudice from both sides. The acting was superb.
Retro----- You're showing a consistent good taste in films. Especially the "under-sung" ones. The production here (acting, direction, etc.) is very good, but the writing is superb. Thanks for this.
Unsung.
Sad story, but a MASTERPIECE.
Amazing and fabulous! Amazing that since I saw, as an early teen, the trailer to this film in a backwater in Alberta in 60 or 61 and I wanted to see it, there was no way. It vanished till now, lo these many years, and as a geezer I can say that I knew it would be good, and that even now, the film has aged well due to brilliant performances and for those days, some pretty vanguard stuff. Bravo! Thank you for reuniting me with this gem after all these years...👍
Thank you for watching Peter! We have many great films you might be interested in!
Fantastic thanks 🙏, covers issues still so relevant today
Nigel Patrick a sublime actor. Professional, commanding, down to earth, holds and carries the other actors within the film. l like his no nonsense approach, and his comedy acting is very good.
The Trilogy: "Mr Know All". Fabulous!
I just caught this on TCM and was truly impressed with Nigel Patrick. Best performance in the film, IMO.
Basil Dearden, great director. Superb casting. Fine film. Thank you!
Great quality, good story and posted as a professional work. I can not find many films on You tube such as this, hope you put more up here.
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Oh, this is a clever little film, a pleasure to watch a sophisticated story about race, not at all obvious or shallow - racism that cuts both ways and has many layers of class and distinction. Every character has a depth and a real quality. Proud to say I guessed right from the start, probably comes from watching too much Perry Mason. Worth seeing!
I saw it when it first came out. Watched it a few minutes in March '22, and remembered it.
I too, tagged the sister early on...when the pram came out of the shed..l thought the father, who else could pull a pram up that dirt/gravel road with a body in it...good mystery.
I agree with your surmise of the plot too. Excellent writing!
@TheBull, man I used to love Perry Mason. When I was doing my afternoon paper route in the 60s. I would stop into this little market down in "the neighborhood" where the old owner would have it playing on the TV. I don't ever remember seeing anyone else in the store. It was very old with wooden floors, the black iron fans mounted high up on the walls...Etc no air conditioning back then. The good old days truly!
I know what you meant but I have to take offense to the sentence "...a clever little film, a pleasure to watch a sophisticated story about race, not at all obvious or shallow...".
Here are some thoughts.
1. Considering that exactly such a murder may have actually taken place, there is nothing so clever about the writing of this film as it is only recounting historical facts, 2. You are right, race and the social/ familial instruction to abhor anything black, or the pc reference "colored", is a "sophisticated" social construct, but of whites and as a matter of fact racism too then is a social construct of whites. Racism is a white man's disease that has sadly permeated into other ethnicities and cultures. Blacks who do not want to marry whites is a natural social reaction to racism by elitist blacks. However never is the killing of another human being sophisticated. Here we saw the downfall of two young individuals, one born black who abandoned their own ethnicity to marry white because they superficially thought that doing so would elevate their social status and the other born white who mistakenly thought...why the exact opposite that marrying a colored person would demean the social standing of the family. The former paid dearly with their life and that of an unborn. I feel most sorry for the two young children in the movie. I cannot imagine these two young children growing into adulthood to perpetuate this terrible, terrible social construct. It's just not how God made us. www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/murder-in-notting-hill
I liked this movie and I'm s hard critic.
Brilliant production with gorgeous old London street scenes, and what a wonderful social commentary.
As well as Nigel Patrick being such a class act...the writers treatment of Racism was beautifully done.I was born two years before.
I was born in that very year!
So strange watching this rare gem, innit?
The following year he would appear in another, quite different film directed by Basil Dearden - namely, "The League of Gentlemen." And the year after that he and Yvonne Mitchell would co-star in yet another great film (with Aldo Ray and William Bendix): "Johnny Nobody."
Earl Cameron, the actor who played Sapphire's brother, is still living as of October 2019 and is 102 years old.
@Jim Stark Thats where i recognised him from, thanks
Died July 3,2020....
@Jim Stark I knew he looked familiar, but I just couldn't put my finger on it! TY!
@@Hope-fv3kf RIP-a fine man.
@@Hope-fv3kf Damn.
Wow, "you can get me at the Dorset Hotel, they take us there". I was born in the late 50's so I have some memories of things being very lopsided, but to see and hear it like that, wow.😥💔
That is a notable comment. Remember that this was before the 1965 and 1968 Race Relations Acts.
"Look Phil, given the right atmosphere you can organize riots against anyone; Jews. Catholics, Negroes, Irish. Even policemen with big feet." This was written in 1959. How prescient.
A True gem. Well done
This gripping movie won a few major international awards including the BAFTA for best British film. It was up against Ben-Hur in a lot of categories. It's superbly written, acted and filmed by a great, under-rated (today) director and it includes a host of very well known actors in uncredited roles from Peter Vaughan to Fenella Fielding to Rupert Davies to Susan Stranks (off Magpie) and John Richardson who went on to play opposite Raquel Welch in 1 million years BC and Barbra Streisand in On a Clear Day. It deals with racial prejudice head on in away that will probably surprise younger people and you'd just never see today. I love the art direction, almost every interior is painted grey with grey furniture and fittings, either a wonderful creative concept or possibly there was a job lot on that shade at the paint shop! Strongly recommended.
Forgot to mention Desmond Llewelyn (Q in James Bond)
When my Dad arrived in England in 1956 he said England was generally quite grey and austere, but brown was a more popular colour for interiors.
Well written this movie is in bore. It deals with the topic no one should be interested in.
The Rank Organisation had a way of producing good films, and this one was no exception.
A bold exploration of a very difficult subject, especially given the time this film was made.
I love Rank films.
Vanessa Allmon totally agreed.
Yeah, they rank among the best. ha ha ha ha!!
@@aspenrebel Very punny. 😂😂😂
@@aspenrebel
I was going to say that
One of the best movies that I have ever seen. Thanks so much.
Terrific film of historical values as well as a tight drama. Thank you!
WOW! Intriguing and handles the subject with delicacy. Well-written, directed and acted.
Today our governor has gotten some news !#resign
Yvonne Mitchell played the Russian girl murdered in the great film "Tiger Bay" with Hayley Mills. If you have not seen that one you are in for a treat. Excellent movie. This one was very gripping and kept you on the edge of your seat right to the end. Amazing what a delicate job a detective has to do. Raw emotions and peoples desperate deception around every corner. Who to believe...or not. Innocent lives in the balance.
Thank you.. I'll try to find it!
She was a Polish girl.
Blimey ! Greatly looking forward to watching this ! Never even heard of this British mystery till now. And it's in color....an added treat ! THANKS so much for uploading ! CHEERS !! :-)
Had me quadruple guessing all throughout the movie! Was really surprised at who was the guilty party! A well done movie.
Alright!! I confess!! I did it!!!
I knew it from the start, then I was certain, and then I was wrong. Superb movie.
Another Excellent British film from our Golden era.
Nigel Patrick was such a great actor, and as a policeman perfect.
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie very far ahead of its time!
beautiful and sad. thank you
Great film reminded me a lot of the Whisperers with Edith Evans set around the same time period. Excellent film making.
What a great script and direction. think they touched on a lot of issues and thoughts that unfortunately are being dealt with in 2020.
Because non whites are now the racists and bigots towards whites
@@tyqwdybijo That's the dumbest thing I've ever read.
Racism is a thought process that exists in peoples minds, discrimination is an outward expression of that racism.
Search Thomas sowell. He is probably the most educated speaker I've heard on the topic and on many other topics.
Pinko is right unfortunately, but we are all being played. Thanks for a well scripted movie, subscribed!
@@pinerock9668 because you agree with him?
Thank you Retrospective for this upload.
Racism is a tough subject matter, but I think this film handled it well without negating its corrosiveness.
No sex no violence no cursing but a lot of smoking, old movies are the best
No pretentions!
hey cigarettes are worse than sex and cursing lol... sex and cursing never gave anyone lung cancer...
@@MrYowen88 Ok I have no witty retort for that. I'm tired.
@@aspenrebel but...you made me laugh:)
@@mimiluvfromsf ok
I liked the serious undertone of the cops staying steadfast with putting together the pieces. Excellent detective work. The hatred was quite intense.
What a terrific movie!! Like other folks commenting, I have never heard of it-- but this was just brilliant, and kept me guessing 'til the end! Thank you for sharing it!
lDuring this COVID 19days we spend our time watching movies , what a brilliant movie in every aspect thank you
Speak for yourself, spent my time on board cruise ships and in coffee shops and International airports spreading sexually transmitted diseases like peanut butter!
I give Sapphire a ten on a scale from one to ten. Great movie. It has a terrific immitation of ethnic conflicts as well as coherences.
They weren't immitations, unfortunately.
every time i watch this movie it gets better and better an extremely high ten great acting 😊😊😊😊
Excellent movie that "hits home" on so many levels for so many people. Thank you!
Never heard of this movie before, but i found it a really good watch and well recommend it. Powerful performances all round.
excellent movie, I loved to see all the streets and clubs which was there at that time thankyou
Superb movie and very provoking. My Mum went through similar back in the 60's, as many did. "No blacks, no Irish, no dogs, no service."
She had to wait until my Dad came home to go shopping for essentials.
And the world really hasn't advanced much in attitude, it pretends it has but it's there, always there.
The world
Had not changed indeed. Non whites are now more racist as whites even as whites get blamed for every problem in the world
As my husband says we’d only put a bandaid on racism. Now the infection has leaked again
@@tyqwdybijo Boo-fking- hoo 😢. Go cry a yourself gotdam river.
True, the most racist ppl I’ve ever met have NOT been white. Contrary to an ever popular belief
@AMT It's a growing notion in the US, especially among "black activists", that blacks cannot even be racist. It's great when you can self-absolve, isn't it?
One of my all-time favourite films. I'm a Londoner, born in the 1940s and this film was pretty accurate in people's prejudices, problems and attitudes back at that time. 10 out of 10 from me!
Did you visit any islands around the world to see if their prejudices, problems and attitudes as a very independent kind of people were similar? There are still only 25.57 million people in Madagascar. Probably a bit more than the lemur population. We'll always be an island and therefore islanders. It remains to be seen if the new multicultural breed will make it since it's only the product of fake news and other methods of social engineering. For all I know, future generations will be more xenophobic as a result of our crumbling infrastructure and seething mass of immigrants who do not appreciate values such as space and independence. Freedom too except that, being an island, we've been invaded repeatedly by foreigners and struggled to conserve the bare minimum.
@@Antraeus Well said. Just because you are not white does not make you immune to being a racist and maybe those people in the 1940s new something. Their fears may have been well founded. When you start to let a few in you then get fake news, migrant invasion, no go zones, crimes, rapes, bombs, sharia law, loss of freedom of speech, loss of British culture, loss of Western civilization, Islamization of Britain. This is slowly happening in most western countries thanks to traitorous people in Government.
+1956soulmate
Multi-culturalism is a joke, invented by Liars, Blair, Merkle and their excusory lame liberal world of looking after Rapists, Murderous "Immigrants" who all happen to be young MEN of a fathering age.
White people Jamaicans and West Indians and all Coloured skins, especially Sikh and Hindu are now second class with no voice behind Self empowered and Militant Islam and Jews.
Racism is alive and well looking after the greedy, the pathetic, the immoral and the murderer. 😉
Take care folks 😉😉😉
@@1956soulmate It's kind of late to finally realise that there's a cultural war being waged against us by the bought-and-paid-for Establishment unfortunately. And most people still don't get it. Divide and rule works every time. What we need is unity. And while British people are divided and allow political parties to pen them into an 'either or' attitude they'll subscribe to a point of view like a religion and we'll remain forever weak. So it's our own fault.
I used to vote and watch the telly so I'm as much to blame as anybody else. Awareness is a choice. One must love the truth in order to break through the solid wall of lies and propaganda that is constantly shoved down our throats in the media, publishing and other outlets of the new Weimar Republic.
@@1956soulmate If it weren't for immigration, British cooking would still be a very good reason for leaving Britain.
It is really interesting to view the various people who are connected to Sapphire through Nigel Patrick’s character’s eyes. Well done vehicle for a complex layered story.
I like it very much. A real whodunit. I love how the list of suspects kept growing and changing all the way through. It also illustrates that racism IS a two way street, no matter what some people would like to believe.
@way 2way street? was your white ass ever in CHAINS????????????????????????/
It definitely is a two way street. I experienced that with an ex boyfriend’s mother. She hated me on sight, and made snarky remarks about “the white girl”. She didn’t know I was the girlfriend, because he was afraid of her reaction, and introduced me as his friend. She was still overtly rude to me, to the point of not speaking to me, but speaking to her son (in front of me) about me.
One hell of a film . thank you ....
Brilliant film, great music, lovely cars and scenes of London at the time and I cannot help thinking a lot of these viewers are very much younger saying London is Grey!!!
It is a black and white movie, although the scenes were set in some rather downtrodden sites but London was still being rebuilt after the war.
Real and gritty, a Pinewood masterpiece, thank you
Paul Massie was another good actor who packed it in quite early to become a drama-teacher in Canada.
Wait, you are saying this was a Black and White movie as in the color of the movie itself? If so, I am thinking you may want to go see your optometrist. This film is not anywhere close to a black and white, I am in awe where you are not seeing colors in this film.
It’s not in black and white, Stuart.
What a wonderful film. It unashamedly explored the values and prejudices of that time in such an honest way. Left nothing hidden. Very different to today's PC society where we just don't say anything to upset the status quo. A plus to this was that this is the best film I've seen this year.
I agree. There are prejudices on more than one side. Let's be open about it. Only with truth can one deal with reality.
I am sorry, but this film paved way for PC. Who can speak today freely on the unpopular subject of miscegenation? No one.
The PC culture has it's roots in civil rights and the growing ability to speak out against all kinds of bigotry and inequality. Sensitive subjects CAN be spoken about, expressing hatred can't. I don't have a problem with it.
It's not the "PC" that's banning the discussion; if you read actual news, it's the "far right fundies" who are suppressing this kind of frank discussion about racism with the whole 'stop woke act'.
Political correctness was a 90s liberal thing.
Excellent film, which I saw on it's release, many, many years ago. Nigel Patrick on top form, as usual. What a great actor he was. Had the pleasure of seeing him live in a West End play whilst on my honeymoon.
Basil Dearden directed some great films. Sapphire and Victim are my favourites.
i like watching these type of movies, you can see how the shops were and the homes were in the 50s. pretty neat.
I agree. And the clothes, tweed, wool, ties ,,, its a proper treasure chest !
@@ljd8520 People really knew how to live life, everyday people still dressed. To dress is to present the best of yourself to the world.
@@thepearlatelier4256 yes I agree. Men always went out with a hat on!
The low traffic density tells a tale by itself.
@@richardhewit215 absolutely. People were happier then when their aspirations and expectations were lower ! Today people are, in my opinion, generally discontented with their lot. We need to go backwards to go forward!!
"SPADES"! ?
Wow .I haven't heard that for over fourty years
Thanks for posting, it was a brilliant watch. Terrific picture quality & in colour too. I particularly enjoyed the street scenes of the various vehicles & shop fronts advertising all sorts, one is able to get a real glimpse of the past! Coupled with this is the issue of racism which was handled very well. Some truly great acting 🎭 too, very realistic performances all round.
Me too..and cars only had 3 numbers. So did Tel numbers...☺
This is a really good movie. I am so surprised, it kept my attention completely and its full of interesting cultural detail from London at this moment in history. Pretty fascinating and very well written and directed. Strong recommend.
How applicable this film resonates today! Films like this.....should be part of Humanities 101!
I knew it I knew it.......AWESOOOOOME MOVIE. I thoroughly enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. A must see. It’s worth every commercial..💕💕💕
Great movie! Thank you for uploading it.
An unknown masterpiece
Didn't know that....😃
It's a great vignette of 1959 London, too.
Portrays the endemic racism that underpinned British society. I was born in 1965 and as a youngster I recall the dying days of this common prejudice. Not hatred more contemptuous dislike and distrust. Some people still can't help themselves even today. They know they have to hide it. I recognise it when I see it.
I was born the same year and I get what you're saying. It was the same in America when I was little and now it's getting worse, not better.
Now this turned out to be a really quite good movie.
Capturing a London from the mid 20th Century that I;am sure really does not exist anymore...
Saphire is a gem of a movie.
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A very forward thinking, forward facing movie.
What a good movie. It's a valuable lesson in always choosing love over hate, as Jesus teaches us. And I like the twist at the end. Thank you for uploading it.
One of the best movies to practice in audio language in a very amusing way!
A nice piece of history , if you read comments first I can highly recommend this film.thanks to the poster.
Agree with Grey Jay. A difficult subject at any time - a very good movie with good acting. Enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for making this movie available. 2022 and we still have so much to learn about the essential oneness of humanity. Good lessons here.
Ideas etiology. Beliefs. Religion. And handed down. In generations. .
Good mystery. Enjoyed the retro trip to the late 50's. Worth watching.
Many thanks for posting, this was a particularly well thought out & filmed movie.
Very good movie! I would never have guessed who turned out to be the real perp. That young nurse at the hospital was cute.
"I'm rather distinctive, you know.."
wow, this is a great movie ... well written and acted ... thanks for the upload
I saw this film in the cinema when I was a teenager in 1962. It was much better than the primary feature in a double feature show. I was very impressed by the film and surprised it played in Norfolk, Va.
Brilliant movie. Hard to believe it was made in 1959. It seems more modern.
Total realism, pulling no punches.
David Lamb, I just thought the same thing, it came up on my phone today, and even though I have seen it several times, including when it first came out, I am watching it again, and had the same thought that it doesn't seem dated, except for referring to African Americans as "colored, it could have been made in more recent times.
@@opaulamorgan4265 Yes but they are Caribbean not African American.
WOW THANK YOU. Saw Sapphire first on Talking PIctures TV, while in DUBLIN, ROI.
I thoroughly enjoy these older films where men behaved as gentlemen and women as ladies. Style was timeless and rich with function and simplicity.
Also, I was born in the year it was made. There's always the proper English language used without always swearing.
Love these from eastern Ontario, Canada.
proper English then. now even journalists write ..a drunk man , instead of drunken. sloppy.
Everyone's a suspect. Excellent movie. Have another cigarette inspector, while your investigating.
Sapphire, the star of the movie and the most interesting character only was in one scene, everything else was second hand. As the movie went on I wanted to see her in action, but she was a sad memory by then. Lots of twists and surprises made this a good film.
Yes you're right there you look at the credits and you see Sapphire's name is mentioned at the very last the characters. And you know the obvious killer follows Nigel Patrick on the next line. Almost seems like an instant giveaway.
Yeah it is a sad story and leaves you with longing to have seen Sapphire alive at some point in the movie even if just flashbacks! Great film all the same !
@@KingKenny.Yes, just what I thought, also. At least a few flashbacks, if not several, sprinkled throughout the movie -- like following cracker crumbs through the woods.
Underrated movie. Thanks for the upload!
I'm only here for the outdoor filming on location and the fantastic footage of classic cars....
Mark C Littler what area does the family live in ? Deliciously grotty old London.
Loved Nigel Patrick’s acting in this movie. My favorite movie with him is Johnny Nobody where he plays a Catholic priest.He reminds me of a young Bill Murray.
Very good movie. The final utterance: 'We've only picked up the pieces' says it all---the 'hate for the coloured people remains. But the Tulip Club dancing scene is a brilliant capture! The ferreting out of the killer from all these nearly suspected groups makes it the best kind of sleuth movie I have seen.
Some people will always hate others but it doesn’t mean entire nations do!
Oh, that hatred for others is not restricted to whites, you know.
These films are so much better than nowadays Hollywood movies.
Bollocks. Nostalgia is a trap.
@@davidhull1481 cynical much?
@@luzvaldes1030 No, just observant. Rampant nostalgia is responsible for the MAGA movement, since people remember the parts of the past that they choose to.
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great movie.2 years after i was born.i have heard about the racism of the 50,s.this dealt with that problem very well.thanks for posting
Really a good movie with a great message..Old movies had an originality in describing a piece of reality in that time
Nothing New under the Sun....There will always be Prejudice ....Just to teach us ...if nothing else...even among the SAME race...
Even animals have prejudice....Not sure why they do it...but they do...The Movie is a Call to be aware of the pitfalls it creates...and how ugly it is...my 2 cents
Orginality, yes that is what old movies had.