Synopsis
Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of crime drama. Shot as cinema support features at the company’s Merton Park Studios in South Wimbledon, these half-hour thrillers – based on real-life cases from the vaults of London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters – were a successful regular feature in cinemas over nearly a decade from the early 1950s onwards. Like sister series Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard is introduced by celebrated writer and criminologist Edgar Lustgarten and presents case after intriguing case, with many solved onscreen by the redoubtable Inspector Duggan (played by Australian-born Russell Napier).
Episodes
Season 11E1The Drayton CaseA 1941 air raid uncovered a firewatchers strangled wife. During an argument over maintenance money after their divorce Drayton strangles her. Her body is discovered in a school cellar, and the search begins. Her dental records identify her as Mrs Drayton, and her ex-husband eventually confesses to the murder.2E2The Missing ManUpon their arrival in London, a retired vicar and his wife are disturbed to find that their son, Gerald Neil, who they had planned to visit, has, without notice, sold all his belongings and gone to live in Paris. Eager for news and an explanation, the two send word to Paris and, when no reply is received for several weeks, Reverend Neil decides to travel to Paris and find his son. The search proves fruitless and, when Scotland Yard exhaust every avenue of enquiry, Mr. Gerald Neil is filed away under "Missing Person" seemingly having vanished into thin air. A few days later the Reverend's wife is woken in the middle of the night by a vision of her son's murder - can the grisly dream find the key to finding her son?3E3The Candlelight MurderAn Inspector unmasks a blacksmith as a killer of an old hermit.4E4The Blazing CaravanA perfect murder requires the culprit to escape detection and capture, a complicated task when the full force of Scotland Yard is determined to bring you to justice. Arthur Cox has just won £30,000 on the football pools but his luck comes to a very sudden and sinister end when George Buxton decides to murder him and steal his identity and winnings. Buxton is no fool, planning the murder and his escape down to the very last detail but to accomplish the perfect murder requires nerves of steel and a little bit of luck.5E5The Dark StairwayA blind man is pushed over on a darkened stairway during a murder. When questioned by the police the old man becomes frightened until his friend comes to the station. The Inspector holds an identity parade and the murderer is picked out by the smell of his after shave.6E6Late Night FinalA missing crippled witness turns out to be a drug smuggler's disguise.7E7Fatal JourneyAn Inspector exposes an amnesiac as a blackmailer who killed the woman who jailed him.8E8The Strange Case of Blondie9E9Passenger to TokyoA rare operation helps track a killer of a rich woman sent to Tokyo in a trunk10E10Night Plane to Amsterdam11E11The Silent Witness12E12The Stateless Man13E13The Mysterious Bullet14E14Murder Anonymous15E15The Wall of Death16E16The Case of the River Morgue17E17Destination DeathThe discovery of a dead man at London Airport, a postcard photograph and a flask containing not only brandy, but poison, leads Scotland Yard to Lisbon and a giant currency smuggling ring.18E18Person Unknown19E19The Lonely House20E20Bullet from the Past21E21The Case of the Smiling Widow22E22Inside Information23E23The Mail Van Murder24E24Night Crossing25E25The Tyburn Case26E26The White Cliffs Mystery27E27Print of DeathSupt.. Reynolds proves that payroll robbers dismembered an
ex-convict and grafted his fingertips on to rubber gloves.28E28Crime of Honour29E29Cross Road Gallows30E30The Unseeing Eye31E31The Ghost Train Murder32E32The Dover Road Mystery33E33The Last Train34E34Evidence in Concrete35E35The Grand Junction Case36E36The Never Never Murder37E37The Silent Weapon38E38The Square Mile Murder39E39Wings of Death
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