The Broken Horseshoe (film)

The Broken Horseshoe
Original Australian daybill
Directed by	Martyn C. Webster
Produced by	Ernest G. Roy
Written by	A.R. Rawlinson
Based on	the television serial by Francis Durbridge
Starring	Robert Beatty Elizabeth Sellars
Music by	Wilfred Burns
Cinematography	Gerald Gibbs
Edited by	Joseph Sterling
Production company	Nettlefold Films (UK)
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service
Release dates	1953 (UK)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

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

1. "The Broken Horseshoe (1953)". IMDb. 23 November 2014.
2. "THE BROKEN HORSESHOE - British Board of Film Classification".
3. "The Broken Horseshoe". BFI.
4. "1950's British TV and Radio Snippets - Fifties Drama Serials".
5. "The Broken Horseshoe".