Sapphire

The name of this movie is Sapphire released in 1959-11-02 and it's main theme is Two Scotland Yard detectives Nigel Patrick and Michael Craig investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the investigators wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry. Director Basil Dearden won a British Academy Award for his deft, sensitive hand at the helm..