Files from scotland yard 1951 anthony squire synopsis. Oscar homolka plays a seemingly benign antique dealer who maintains a comfortable lifestyle by fencing stolen goods. Screen captures and uncredited now shots uploaded by richard lovejoy. Scotland yard films 2 between the years 1953 and 1961 a total of 39 films introduced by edgar lustgarten were shot at merton park studios in london. New scotland yard tv series 1972 the movie database.
It is a remake of the 1930 film of the same title, which was in turn based on a 1929 play scotland yard by denison. The film was released as scotland yard dragnet in the u. Oscar homolka plays a seemingly benign antique dealer. Jack webb, herb ellis, ben alexander, george fenneman, barton yarborough, barney phillips, art gilmore, dorothy abbott.
Scotland yard is a 1941 american crime drama film starring nancy kelly and edmund gwenn about a fugitive whose visage has been altered with plastic surgery. That radio series ran until 1957 so both versions of dragnet aired concurrently from 1951 to 1957. The page was an absolute mess and wholly inaccurate. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planning an enormous robbery. The serial was also edited down into a feature film version.
It was released on october 19, 1930, by fox film corporation. The big voice 28oct58 nbc tue written by ken kolb cast. Dragnet later syndicated as badge 714 is an american television series, based on the radio series of the same name, both created by their star, jack webb. The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in scotland yard ordered by relevance. It is featured here in a brandnew transfer from the original film. Howard, written by garrett fort, and starring edmund lowe, joan bennett, donald crisp, georges renavent, lumsden hare and david torrence. The ten scotland yard detectives, featured in the guv nors, are unique.
Dragnet 1966 posted on september 19, 2015 by deranged. Starring dan aykroyd and tom hanks, the film is based on the radio and television crime drama of the same name. Sir james collison, director of national art museum in london, is determined to safeguard the priceless painting. A london curator loses the mona lisa to a collector, who discovers its a fake.
The film was adapted from the radio series of the same name, and is part of the wider dragnet media franchise. There are many wonderful stories in the history of scotland yard. Peter lorre, diana dors, barbara payton, humprey bogart, alfred hitchc. Stephen ellsworth ron kennedy jack lambert stuart wade 8. With roland culver, patricia roc, paul carpenter, william hartnell. This film, based on the popular dragnet tv series, involves the murder of former syndicate member dub taylor. Dragnet 1966 is a madefortv movie that initiated the return of the dragnet series to television. Joe friday dan aykroyd is partnered with the wisecracking pep streebeck tom hanks, a hip upstart cop, and the mismatched duo is ordered to investigate a strange series of ritual killings. The two headed spy 1958 jack hawkinsgia scalaeric schumanfelix aylmer duration.
Dragnet is a 1987 american buddy cop comedy film written and directed by tom mankiewicz in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by dan aykroyd, alan zweibel, and tom mankiewicz. The filming locations for both of the movies filmed in killin was next to the falls of dochart and the adjacent bridge. Jack webb also played joe friday on the radio series but his sidekick was played by barton yarborough who also appeared on this tv series but not as fridays partner. Though friday and pep do their share of quarreling, they eventually trace the clues to an ominous cult, and the officers interrupt a. Though friday and pep do their share of quarreling, they eventually trace the clues to an ominous cult, and the officers interrupt a violent ceremony. Even now its continuity is choppy in spots, a lingering effect of cuts made for. With geoffrey matthews, brian vaughan, ewan macduff, humphrey heathcote. The author has lumped together the merton park scotland yard cinema shorts which were made from 1953 to 1961 with episodes of the itv television series new scotland yard which was made between 1972 and 74. Gideons day br us 1958 aka gideon of scotland yard us title jack hawkins date. The film was marketed with the tagline just the facts.
Each film focuses on a true crime case with names changed, and feature an introduction by the crime writer edgar lustgarten. Webb got the idea while working on a film whose police consultant, on detectivesgt. Its hard to imagine a good john ford film being half forgotten todayespecially one from the same decade that gave us the searchers 1956 and the quiet man 1952, to mention just a couple of his 1950s classicsbut gideon of scotland yard has suffered that fate. Produced between 1953 and 1961, they are short films, originally made to support the main feature in a cinema doublebill. Each episode is based on a true crime case with the names changed. Lapd sergeants joe friday and frank smith follow the trail of. Joan the woman jeanne darc, fecioara din orleans usa 1917. From the loud, confident opening chords of the famous dragnet theme music, i was filled with confidence that this 1987 dragnet knew what it was doing. Scotland yard, late night final edited and muted download. A test pilot is injured in a plane crash, following which his fiancee takes him to a psychiatrist.
Homolkas daughter muriel pavlow, an aspiring musician, is the only person he genuinely cares about. He attempts to hypnotize the test pilot into murdering his wife. Dragnet 1947 someone henry wilcoxon from scotland yard tracks jewel thieves to new york and identifies a dead man found on the beach. If you were in england in 1958, you might have seen a movie by american director john ford called gideons day, produced by columbia british productions at the elstree studios and filmed in technicolor. Dragnet the big oskar 1958 crime drama tv series jack webb dragnet the big oskar 1958 crime drama tv series dragnet later. Friday gets his man with help from his partner, officer frank smith ben alexander, in a crime caper so tough it could only be. Originally released in 1945 as shop at sly corner, code of scotland yard is an effective british imitation of the hollywood film noir genre. Then the original music segued into some kind of dreadful disco rap unmusic, and my heart sank. Intuition and knowledge of their manor counted for more than dna and databases. The film stars webb, ben alexander, richard boone, ann. How could they possibly make a movie called dragnet and think. Dragnet the big oskar 1958 crime drama tv series jack webb.
Scotland yard inspector stars suave and handsome cesar romaro as american journalist phil odell who has his hands full in both charming the ladies and jumping out of windows as he solves a murder case thats years old. Saboteur 1942 alfred hitchcock movies full length action war movie. Dragnet subtitles 51 subtitles subtitles download movie. The first 26 films, made between 19531957, were produced by alec c. It is a remake of the 1930 film of the same title, which was in turn based on a 1929 play scotland yard by denison clift. Dragnet complete unedited close season 7 1958 youtube. The psychiatrist is unhappily married and has a crush on the fiancee. Scotland yard dragnet 1957 a psychiatrist tries to program a patient to commit a murder benefiting the doctor. Dragnet, like gilligans island or star trek, has become such a fixture on our popculture that it could be easy to miss how, even that, it changed the game. Marty wynn, bemoaned the inhuman cliches to which the. Dragnet is a 1987 american buddy cop comedy film, directed and cowritten by tom mankiewicz in his directorial debut. They possessed only the most rudimentary education. Scotland yard was perhaps the bestknown series to emerge from angloamalgamateds output of crime drama.
They enlist the services of a pretty and daring police woman to trap the devious mobsters and bring them to justice. Amusing to note the american title of scotland yard dragnet since there is no dragnet. Each film focuses on a true crime case with names changed, and feature an introduction by the crime writer edgar lustgarten the earlier films were produced by alec c. Ron mcneil sammy ogg alfred shelly ruth swanson jeane wood 8. A feature film length edition of the 15 episode serial in which blake battles the scorpion over possession of a death ray machine. The shows take their name from the police term dragnet, a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Blake of scotland yard is available for free download at the internet archive this 1930s crime filmrelated article is a stub.
The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense and scary films and tv shows about with murder, crimes, police, investigation, danger, deadly, blood, death, police investigation and crime plots mostly in crime, mystery and drama genres shot in uk, usa. Some of them are contained in this website so that you may have a flavour of the rich heritage of britains policing. The screenplay, both a parody of and homage to the longrunning television series, was written by aykroyd, mankiewicz and alan zweibel. The big little boy 21oct58 nbc tue written by frank burt cast. The film stars webb, ben alexander, richard boone, ann robinson, stacy harris, virginia gregg and vic perrin. Snowden whilst the final films, made between 1958 1961, were produced by jack greenwood. Dragnet is a 1954 american crime film directed by jack webb and written by richard l. It features the activities of two officers from the criminal investigations department in the metropolitan police force headquarters at new scotland yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day. Aug 25, 2017 scotland yard film the limping man 1953. Scotland yard investigator 1945 09301945 us mystery 1h 8m user score. If you were in the united states the following year, you might have seen the same picturebut the title would have been gideon of scotland yard, the running time would have.
Scotland yard is a series of 39 halfhour episodes produced by angloamalgamated. Some are concerned with the investigation of murder and other crime. Scotland yard dragnet, aka the hypnotist us poster art, from top left. At the outbreak of world war ii, the famous mona lisa is removed from the lourve museum in paris, and stored for safekeeping in london. Early british police series 2002, susan sydneysmith suggests that by the mid1960s the scotland yard series ie, programmes focusing on the activity of scotland yard detectives constituted a television genre in its own terms and became a forerunner of some of the more aggressive police series of the 1970s, including. Also known as scotland yard dragnet, the hypnotist is scripted and directed. It is based on the 1929 play scotland yard by denison clift. Hypnotist, the aka scotland yard dragnet reelstreets. With nancy kelly, edmund gwenn, john loder, henry wilcoxon. Blake of scotland yard is a 1937 victory pictures american film serial directed by robert f.
Search results for scotland yard 1950s stock photos and images 30 page 1 of 1. The original music score was composed by ira newborn. Scotland yard dragnet 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Such a group of intrepid crimebusters will never exist again. Oct 21, 2010 the ten scotland yard detectives, featured in the guv nors, are unique. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense and scary films and tv shows about with murder, crimes, police, investigation, danger, deadly, blood, death, police investigation and crime plots mostly in crime, mystery and drama. Early british police series 2002, susan sydneysmith suggests that by the mid1960s the scotland yard series ie, programmes focusing on the activity of scotland yard detectives constituted a television genre in its own terms and became a forerunner of some of the more aggressive police series of the. Scotland yard is a 1930 american crime film directed by william k. Inspector cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. How could they possibly make a movie called dragnet and think that anything had to be. New scotland yard tv series 1972 the movie database tmdb. In fact nobody knew it was a murder until phil got wise to it.