A Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of an artist who dabbled in blackmail.A Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of an artist who dabbled in blackmail.A Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of an artist who dabbled in blackmail.
Carl Jaffe
- Nicholls
- (as Carl Jaffé/Carl Jaffe)
Ernest Fennemore
- Officer in Court
- (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
- Detective Jarvis
- (uncredited)
Bernard Goldman
- Man in the Cellini Gallery
- (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
- Detective Searching House
- (uncredited)
Kenneth Midwood
- Photographic Expert
- (uncredited)
Guy Mills
- Man in Court
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe only known screen appearance in an acting role for Joan Cross.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Another action-thriller in the celebrated series written around the work of SCOTLAND YARD.
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The body of artist Peter Adams is found dead in the home of art dealer Christopher Nicholls.
It looks like Adams gassed himself in the oven. Superintendent Duggan looks further into the case.
A policeman finds out from the servants that the Nicholls cat also died that day and there was trouble with the gas supply.
Duggan discovers that Adams was a forger. He was working on a painting from an old master called The Smiling Widow.
It might be Nicholls was selling the forgeries Adams produced or Adams was even blackmailing him.
If it was murder Duggan needs to figure how Adams was gassed and how did Nicholls managed to move the body. He is a polio victim who has trouble walking unaided.
It is another of these episode where the inspector needs to go abroad and stock footage gets an airing.
This time it is the turn of Rome and once again Roger Delgado pops up to help the police abroad.
There is a nice twist when it comes to the reveal of the actual murderer and the method they used. The dead cat was an important clue.
This instalment of Scotland Yard takes a while to heat up but it gets there at the end.
It looks like Adams gassed himself in the oven. Superintendent Duggan looks further into the case.
A policeman finds out from the servants that the Nicholls cat also died that day and there was trouble with the gas supply.
Duggan discovers that Adams was a forger. He was working on a painting from an old master called The Smiling Widow.
It might be Nicholls was selling the forgeries Adams produced or Adams was even blackmailing him.
If it was murder Duggan needs to figure how Adams was gassed and how did Nicholls managed to move the body. He is a polio victim who has trouble walking unaided.
It is another of these episode where the inspector needs to go abroad and stock footage gets an airing.
This time it is the turn of Rome and once again Roger Delgado pops up to help the police abroad.
There is a nice twist when it comes to the reveal of the actual murderer and the method they used. The dead cat was an important clue.
This instalment of Scotland Yard takes a while to heat up but it gets there at the end.
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- Feb 14, 2021
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- Casebook: The Case of the Smiling Widow
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- Runtime31 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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