"Scotland Yard" short films: 1953 - 1961.
A complete list of the short films made in England, from 1953 to 1961. The presenter was the renowned criminologist, Edgar Lustgarten. These episodes have an effective documentary style about them.
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- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenVictor PlattHilda BarryDuring the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenTristan RawsonEvelyn MooreThrough a mother's terrible dream, her son's body is discovered in France and his killer is arrested in England.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenGerald CaseJack LambertA Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an old recluse.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenAlexander GaugeEdgar DriverJust prior to World War II, a salesman murders a drunken man who just won a football pool. Through dogged investigation and the assistance of a bank manager, Scotland Yard arrests the killer.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierVincent BallA blind man who is a "nose witness" to a murder, is asked to select the killer from a line-up based on his acute sense of smell.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenColin TapleyTerry YorkeScotland Yard detectives race to find a crippled man, the only witness to crime, who has mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenKenneth HenryFrank ForsythA man phones the police to confess to killing his wife accidentally, but investigations prove that his story is not as straightforward as it first appears.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsEdgar LustgartenGordon BellEdward ForsythA Scotland Yard detective investigates the connection between a man who suffers from amnesia, a blackmailer and murder.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenKenneth HenryKen MarshallA murderer attempts to escape justice by shipping his victim's body to Tokyo in a trunk.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierDerek AylwardScotland Yard investigates a murder where the prime suspect is a female cat burglar.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenGerald CaseShay GormanScotland Yard detectives investigate a diamond robbery and track the gems to a female criminal who specializes in fencing stolen gems.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsEdgar LustgartenFrank LeightonRobin WentworthScotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman, with the investigation focusing on her landlady's son.
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsEdgar LustgartenRobert ChurchillRobert RaglanA Scotland Yard ballistics expert is called into identify a murderer through a scientific analysis of the bullet that killed a man.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsEdgar LustgartenTravers HumphreysJill BennettA Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of a man who the lover of a blind man's wife.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenCyril ChamberlainVernon GreevesA Scotland Yard detective investigates the death of a man who died on an amusement park ride
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenHugh MoxeyGordon BoydScotland Yard detectives investigate an insurance scam, where a "drowned" man proves to have been dead before he was thrown in the water.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierArthur GomezWhen Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a man in the London airport, the trail leads to Lisbon and a international currency smuggling gang.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierEdward CastA spy from behind the Iron Curtain changes identities with an assassin.
- DirectorKenneth HumeStarsEdgar LustgartenBallard BerkeleyDuncan McIntyreWhile investigating an attempted homicide, a Scotland Yard detective solves a murder that occurred 27 years earlier.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierGordon BoydScotland Yard investigates a marriage brokerage service where the clients have a high mortality rate.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRonald AdamBernard FoxScotland Yard is called in when the effigy used in a Guy Fawkes Day celebration turns out to be the burned corpse of a real man.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierVernon GreevesA Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of an artist who dabbled in blackmail.
- DirectorJohn KnightStarsEdgar LustgartenHy HazellDennis CastleScotland Yard detectives pursue a murderous gang of robbers who held up a mail truck, killing the driver in the process.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsEdgar LustgartenRussell NapierJulian StrangeScotland Yard detectives investigate the mysterious death of a Hungarian who had a knife-throwing act.
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsEdgar LustgartenJohn WarwickGordon BoydWhen a woman is found drowned under suspicious circumstances, Scotland Yard detectives investigate a lawyer for possible insurance fraud.
