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Stryker of the Yard (1953)

Stryker of the Yard poster
Directed by
Arthur Crabtree
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Scotland Yard detective investigates two separate cases: a studio payroll theft and the suspicious death of a man named Uncle Henry. The film compiles two television episodes into one feature.

britishmodestepisodicmysteriousretrolow-keycrime-solving

What happens

Stryker of the Yard (also known as Stryker of Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard Cases and Inspector Stryker) is a 1953 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling and Eliot Makeham. It was written by Lester Powell and Guy Morgan. The film comprises two episodes of the British television series Stryker of the Yard, edited together: "The Case of the Studio Payroll" and "The Case of Uncle Henry". A second compilation film, Companions in Crime, followed in 1954. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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