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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
Original Australian daybill
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

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.[5]

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

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