The Scotland Yard Mystery
Introduction '''''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. 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.
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
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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