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Stryker of the Yard (also known as Stryker of Scotland Yard and Scotland Yard Cases ) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling and Eliot Makeham.[1]
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Directed by | Arthur Crabtree |
Written by | Lester Powell Guy Morgan |
Starring | Clifford Evans Susan Stephen Jack Watling |
Music by | Lambert Williamson |
Production company | Republic Productions |
Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
A second cinema film, Companions in Crime followed in 1954.[2]
In 1957, these films and others aired as a 15-episode British television series of the same name, starring Evans, George Woodbridge, and Tim Turner.[3] The series was also shown on U.S. TV.[4]
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."[3]
In 1957–1958, the American Broadcasting Company aired the series Scotland Yard, originally made as a series of British theatrical film shorts, hosted by Edgar Lustgarten and starring Russell Napier.[5]
Series | Episode No. | Lost Episodes[6] | Original Broadcast Date |
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1 | 2 | The Case of Uncle Henry | 7 December 1961 |
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