The Hidden Room (1949), Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), Cover Girl Killer (1959), The Black Abbot (1963), The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Scotland Yard Detective movies.
Storyline: London psychiatrist Clive Riordan, royally fed up with the repeated affairs of his wife Storm, plots a seemingly 'perfect' revenge against her latest lover, American Bill Kronin. Catching them in the act, he marches Bill off at gunpoint; and from the viewpoint of Storm and the rest of the world, Bill simply vanishes. But there's far more to the meticulously worked out plot than Clive's victims suspect, with the end slowly preparing in his private laboratory. Enter a mild-mannered Scotland Yard man, who seemingly has no clue beyond a missing dog...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: psychiatrist, wife, lover, scotland yard detective, butler, american, chilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of a payroll robbery and, then, helps break up a bank robbery. His long day ends when he arrives at home and finds that his daughter has a date with the policeman who gave him a ticket that morning.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: scotland yard detective, daughter, police officer, brash, confident, engaging, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A bikini-clad pin-up is found dead by the Serpentine in the same place, pose and get-up as when she appeared on the cover of "Wow!" magazine. When the police find the same fate befalling other girls featured on the front page they realise a highly intelligent madman is on the loose.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: magazine editor, publisher, model, scotland yard detective, serial killer, dark, eerie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Plot Keywords: scotland yard detective, lord, murderer, murder suspect, murder victim, airy, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The Tiger' and his gang as they plan to smuggle gold bullion out of the country.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: the saint, smuggler, scotland yard detective, butler, mine owner, curator, intricate ...
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