''Scotland Yard'' is a 1930 American

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crime film directed by William K. Howard, written by

Garrett Fort Garrett Elsden Fort (June 5 1990 – October 26 1945) was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. He is mostly known for his connections with 1930s horror films, with film historian Gary Don Rhodes describing hi ...

, and starring

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and David Torrence. It was released on October 19, 1930, by

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. It is based on the 1929 play ''Scotland Yard'' by

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. In 1941, the film was remade under the same title. The film depicts

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. A financier who went

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during

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is impersonated by a swindler.

Synopsis

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following the

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, a criminal masquerades of a

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who had gone

with the intent of stealing large sums of money.

Cast

as Sir John Lasher / Dakin Barrolles *

as Xandra, Lady Lasher *

as Charles Fox *

as Dr. Dean *

as Sir Clive Heathcote * David Torrence as Captain Graves *Barbara Leonard as Nurse Cecilia * Norman Ainsley as Reggie, Xandra's Suitor * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Rousseau, Innkeeper *

Halliwell Hobbes Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor. Early years The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ...

as Lord St. Arran *

Arnold Lucy Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930). Life and career Lucy was the youngest of the six ...

as Mc Killop * J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Remur * Reginald Sharland as Lasher's Secretary

References

External links

* 1930 films Fox Film films American crime films 1930 crime films Films directed by William K. Howard American black-and-white films Films set in London 1930s English-language films Films with screenplays by Garrett Fort American films based on plays Films about identity theft 1930s American films English-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub