The Scotland Yard Mystery

The Scotland Yard Mystery
Directed byThomas Bentley
Screenplay by
  • Frank Miller
Based onThe Scotland Yard Mystery by Wallace Geoffrey
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byWalter Stokvis
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 3 January 1934 (1934-01-03)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Scotland Yard Mystery 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.