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The Broken Horseshoe (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Broken Horseshoe' is a 1953 British crime film directed by Martyn C. Webster and starring Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter Coke, and Hugh Kelly. A surgeon is drawn into a murder case when he offers shelter to a woman who has witnessed a killing linked to a horse-doping syndicate. It was based on a six-part television series 'The Broken Horseshoe', which had aired the previous year.
Plot
A hit-and-run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Beatty), but the patient is later murdered, and the doctor finds himself the prime suspect. The mysterious Della (Elizabeth Sellars), connected to a horse-doping ring, falls for the doctor and helps him clear his name and expose the villains.
Cast
* Robert Beatty as Dr. Mark Fenton
* Elizabeth Sellars as Della Freeman
* Peter Coke as Detective Inspector George Bellamy
* Hugh Kelly as Dr. Craig
* Janet Butler as Sister Rogers
* Vida Hope as Jackie Leroy
* Ferdy Mayne as Charles Constance
* James Raglan as Superintendent Grayson
* George Benson as Prescott
* Roger Delgado as Felix Gallegos
* Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Sergeant Lewis
* Hugh Pryse as Mr. Rattray
* Toke Townley as Fred Barker
References
Category:1953 films
Category:British crime drama films
Category:1953 crime drama films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films based on television series
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1950s British films
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