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.[1][2] 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.[3] It was based on a six-part television series The Broken Horseshoe, which had aired the previous year.[4]
The Broken Horseshoe | |
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Directed by | Martyn C. Webster |
Written by | A.R. Rawlinson |
Based on | the television serial by Francis Durbridge |
Produced by | Ernest G. Roy |
Starring | Robert Beatty Elizabeth Sellars |
Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
Edited by | Joseph Sterling |
Music by | Wilfred Burns |
Production company | Nettlefold Films (UK) |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date | 1953 (UK) |
Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.[5]
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