''Murder at Scotland Yard'' is 1953 British
crime film directed by
Victor M. Gover and starring
Tod Slaughter
Norman Carter Slaughter (19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956), also known as Tod Slaughter, was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.
Early life
Slaughter was born o ...
,
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series.
Biography
Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...
and
Tucker McGuire
Anne Tucker McGuire (29 January 1913 in Winchester, Virginia, USA - 3 August 1988 in London, England) was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She married actor Tom Macaulay.
She appeared in the 1949 We ...
. It is a sequel to the 1952 film ''
King of the Underworld''
[Richards p.158] and depicts the continuing battle between the master criminal Terence Reilly and Inspector Morley of Scotland Yard. Reilly has escaped from prison and Morley is called in to recapture him. It was made at
Bushey Studios. It was Slaughter's last feature film.
Cast
*
Tod Slaughter
Norman Carter Slaughter (19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956), also known as Tod Slaughter, was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.
Early life
Slaughter was born o ...
as Terence Reilly
*
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series.
Biography
Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...
as Inspector Morley
*
Tucker McGuire
Anne Tucker McGuire (29 January 1913 in Winchester, Virginia, USA - 3 August 1988 in London, England) was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She married actor Tom Macaulay.
She appeared in the 1949 We ...
as Eileen Trotter
*
Dorothy Bramhall
Dorothy Bramhall (1911-2004) was a British actress and former model.
Selected filmography
* '' Love Story'' (1944)
* ''I See a Dark Stranger'' (1946)
* '' Take My Life'' (1947)
* ''The White Unicorn'' (1947)
* ''The Clouded Crystal'' (1948)
* ''A ...
as Maria Flame
*
Tom Macaulay as Inspector Grant
References
Bibliography
* Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939''. I.B. Tauris, 1998
External links
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1953 films
1953 crime films
1950s English-language films
Films set in London
Films directed by Victor M. Gover
British sequel films
British crime films
British black-and-white films
1950s British films
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