Stryker of the Yard

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Stryker of the Yard
"Stryker of the Yard" (1953).jpg
U.S. 1-sheet poster
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Written by Lester Powell
Guy Morgan
Starring Clifford Evans
Susan Stephen
Jack Watling
Music by Lambert Williamson
Production
company
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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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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In 1957–1958, the American Broadcasting Company aired the series Scotland Yard , originally made as a series of British theatrical film shorts, hosted by Edgar Lustgarten and starring Russell Napier.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]

Cast

Missing episodes

SeriesEpisode No.Lost Episodes [6] Original Broadcast Date
12The Case of Uncle Henry7 December 1961

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References

  1. "Stryker of the Yard (1953)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. "Companions in Crime (1954)".
  3. 1 2 "CTVA UK – "Stryker Of The Yard" (UK theatrical 1953-54) Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge".
  4. "Stryker of Scotland Yard".
  5. "Scotland Yard Episodes on ABC". TV Guide. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  6. "STRYKER OF THE YARD [ITV, 1961-62]". lostshows.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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