The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)

Directed by

Thomas Bentley

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor in London runs a criminal scheme to collect life insurance money. He injects victims with a serum that makes them appear dead.

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What happens

The Scotland Yard Mystery (released in the US as The Living Dead) is a 1934 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sir Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall and Wally Patch. The screenplay concerns a criminal doctor who operates a racket claiming life insurance by injecting victims with a life suspending serum turning them into living dead. The film is based on a play by Wallace Geoffrey. It was made by one of the biggest British companies of the era, British International Pictures, at their Welwyn Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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