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Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
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Based on | The Scotland Yard Mystery by Wallace Geoffrey |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Walter Stokvis |
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Distributed by | Wardour Films |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]