''Stryker of the Yard'' (also known as ''Stryker of Scotland Yard'' and ''Scotland Yard Cases'' ) is a 1953 British

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directed by

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and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen,

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and

Eliot Makeham Harold Elliott Makeham (22 December 1882 – 8 February 1956) was an English film and television actor. Career Makeham was born in London, England. Between 1931 and 1956, Makeham appeared, primarily in character roles, in 115 films and in ...

. A second cinema film, ''

Companions in Crime ''Companions in Crime'' (A.K.A. ''Stryker Strikes Twice'') is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Krish and starring Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge and Kenneth Haigh. The film is a spin-off from the television series '' Stryker of th ...

'' followed in 1954. In 1957, these films and others aired as a 15-episode British

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of the same name, starring Evans,

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, and

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. The series was also shown on U.S. TV. A host (Tom Fallon) introduced each episode, and at the end of each story intoned: "And it just goes to show that crime does not pay." In 1957–1958, the

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aired the series ''

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'', originally made as a series of British theatrical film shorts, hosted by Edgar Lustgarten and starring

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Cast

* Clifford Evans – Inspector Stryker * Susan Stephen – Peggy Sinclair *

– Tony Ashworth *

– Uncle Henry Petheridge *

– Sergeant Hawker

Missing episodes

References

External links

(Film)
(TV series) 1953 films 1953 crime films British crime films Films directed by Arthur Crabtree British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-crime-film-stub