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.
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