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Secrets of Scotland Yard

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 8m
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6.1/10
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Stephanie Bachelor and Edgar Barrier in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
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Scotland Yard's Room 40 was instrumental in Allied victory during WW1, but has been compromised in the decades since, a killer in their midst.Scotland Yard's Room 40 was instrumental in Allied victory during WW1, but has been compromised in the decades since, a killer in their midst.Scotland Yard's Room 40 was instrumental in Allied victory during WW1, but has been compromised in the decades since, a killer in their midst.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
63
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  • Director
    • George Blair
  • Writer
    • Denison Clift(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Edgar Barrier
    • Stephanie Bachelor
    • C. Aubrey Smith
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  • Director
    • George Blair
  • Writer
    • Denison Clift(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Edgar Barrier
    • Stephanie Bachelor
    • C. Aubrey Smith
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    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Stephanie Bachelor and Edgar Barrier in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
    Lionel Atwill and Henry Stephenson in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
    John Abbott, Lionel Atwill, Edgar Barrier, Walter Kingsford, and Martin Kosleck in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
    Lionel Atwill, Stephanie Bachelor, Edgar Barrier, and C. Aubrey Smith in Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)

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    Edgar Barrier
    Edgar Barrier
    • John Usheras John Usher…
    Stephanie Bachelor
    Stephanie Bachelor
    • Sudan Aingeras Sudan Ainger
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Sir Christopher Peltas Sir Christopher Pelt
    Lionel Atwill
    Lionel Atwill
    • Waterlowas Waterlow
    Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson
    • Sir Reginald Meadeas Sir Reginald Meade
    John Abbott
    John Abbott
    • Mortimer Copeas Mortimer Cope
    Walter Kingsford
    Walter Kingsford
    • Roylott Bevanas Roylott Bevan
    Martin Kosleck
    Martin Kosleck
    • Josefas Josef
    Forrester Harvey
    Forrester Harvey
    • Alfred Morganas Alfred Morgan
    Frederick Worlock
    Frederick Worlock
    • Masonas Mason
    Matthew Boulton
    Matthew Boulton
    • Col. Hedleyas Col. Hedley
    Bobby Cooper
    • David Usheras David Usher
    Louis V. Arco
    • General Carl Eberlingas General Carl Eberling
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Sir Philip Goughas Sir Philip Gough
    • (uncredited)
    Sven Hugo Borg
    Sven Hugo Borg
    • Nazi Messengeras Nazi Messenger
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Brand
    • Carl Eberlingas Carl Eberling
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Butleras Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Kenne Duncan
    Kenne Duncan
    • Stewardas Steward
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Blair
    • Writer
      • Denison Clift(screenplay) (adapted from the novel "Room 40, O.B.")
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      Filmed March 20-early April 1944, released July 26.

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    Lionel Atwill in one of his last roles
    1944's "Secrets of Scotland Yard" is a forgotten Republic programmer featuring an unusually strong cast for a poverty row studio, and scripted by Denison Clift, best known as both writer and director of Lugosi's "Mystery of the Marie Celeste," shot in England in 1935. The Germans admit that their defeat in WW1 resulted from the clerks working in Scotland Yard's Room 40, successfully decoding German messages, and General Carl Eberling (Louis V. Arco) responds by installing a counterspy to aid the enemy. 20 years later, C. Aubrey Smith plays Sir Christopher Pelt, new head of Room 40, who heads up the investigation when top decoder John Usher (Edgar Barrier) is found murdered in Room 40 by an unknown assailant. Pelt recruits John's twin brother Robert (also Barrier) to secretly replace John in an effort to ferret out the killer amongst the other clerks (Lionel Atwill, John Abbott, Forrester Harvey, Frederick Worlock, and Matthew Boulton, all veterans of Universal's SHERLOCK HOLMES series). The reliable Martin Kosleck makes an all-too-brief appearance as a Nazi villain, Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson in the HOLMES films) plays the Usher housekeeper, William Edmunds (Mr. Martini in "It's a Wonderful Life") shows up as a sinister bookstore proprietor. Both C. Aubrey Smith and Stephanie Bachelor would be back the following year in a similar title, "Scotland Yard Investigator," from the same director, George Blair. This was one of the last films for the bespectacled Lionel Atwill, who is seen to great advantage throughout; his career never recovered from the sex scandal at Christmas 1940, the kind of private party that would go completely unnoticed today. Refusing to bow to attempted blackmail, he 'lied like a gentleman' under oath to protect others, paying the price as Hollywood mostly turned its back on him, except for Universal, Republic, RKO, and PRC, their low budget productions given greater stature by his unfailing professionalism. His last film was the Universal serial "Lost City of the Jungle," which only finished after his bronchial cancer forced him to withdraw, dying at age 61 in April 1946.
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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Secretos de Scotland Yard
    • Filming locations
      • Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures (I)
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      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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