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Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)

Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)

Mystery

THE STORY OF ADVENTUROUS AND GALLANT PEOPLE!

Release Date: 1944, July 26
Directors: George Blair
Countries: United States of America
Production: Republic Pictures, Republic Pictures
Cast: Mary Gordon, John Abbott, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Edgar Barrier, Martin Kosleck, Henry Stephenson, Stephanie Bachelor

Overview:

Secrets of Scotland Yard is Republic's spin on a plotline first elucidated in the old E. Phillips Oppenheim novel The Great Impersonation. After losing WW I, the German high command, with remarkable foresight, prepares for the next war by planting a spy in the British Admiralty. Edgar Barrier plays the dual role of the German spy and his British twin brother. When one twin is killed, the other assumes his identity. The question: is the surviving brother the "good" one or the bad? It is up to C. Aubrey Smith, cast as Scotland Yard inspector Sir Christopher Belt, to sort out the mystery. Though it owes a great deal to the aforementioned Oppenheim yarn, Secrets of Scotland Yard is actually based on a novel by Denison Clift, who also wrote the screenplay.

Keywords:

spy nazi scotland yard