A Fear of Strangers

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A Fear of Strangers
Directed by Herbert Wise
Written by Leon Griffiths
Starring Stanley Baker
Earl Cameron
Garfield Morgan
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Fear of Strangers is a 1964 British TV drama starring Stanley Baker, who portrays a racist police inspector who attempts to coerce a black suspect into confessing to a murder he did not commit. [1] Although written in 1958 it was banned for six years. [2] The program was produced by Associated Television (ATV) and aired as an installment of Drama 64 .

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