The Scotland Yard Mystery

1934 film

Frank Miller

Based onThe Scotland Yard Mystery by Wallace GeoffreyProduced byWalter C. MycroftStarring

Gerald du Maurier
George Curzon
Grete Natzler
Belle Chrystall

CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byWalter Stokvis

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed byWardour Films

Release date

3 January 1934 (1934-01-03)

Running time

76 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Scotland Yard Mystery is a 1934 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sir Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall and Wally Patch. The screenplay concerns a criminal doctor who operates a racket claiming life insurance by injecting victims with a life suspending serum turning them into living dead.^[1] The film is based on a play by Wallace Geoffrey. It was made by one of the biggest British companies of the era, British International Pictures, at their Welwyn Studios.^[2]

Plot summary

Cast

Sir Gerald du Maurier as Commissioner Stanton
George Curzon as Doctor Charles Masters
Grete Natzler as Irene Masters
Belle Chrystall as Mary Stanton
Leslie Perrins as John Freeman
Frederick Peisley as Kenneth Bailey
Wally Patch (billed as Walter Patch) as Detective Sergeant George
Henry Victor as Floyd
Herbert Cameron as Paxton
Paul Graetz as Paston

References

^ BFI.org
^ Wood, Linda (2009) [1st pub. 1986]. British Films 1927 - 1939 (PDF). London: BFI Library Services. p. 69. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Scotland Yard Mystery at IMDb

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