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Stryker of the Yard (also known as Stryker of Scotland Yard and Scotland Yard Cases ) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling and Eliot Makeham.[1]

Stryker of the Yard
U.S. 1-sheet poster
Directed by	Arthur Crabtree
Written by	Lester Powell Guy Morgan
Starring	Clifford Evans Susan Stephen Jack Watling
Music by	Lambert Williamson
Production company	Republic Productions
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A second cinema film, Companions in Crime followed in 1954.[2]

In 1957, these films and others aired as a 15-episode British television series of the same name, starring Evans, George Woodbridge, and Tim Turner.[3] The series was also shown on U.S. TV.[4]

A host (Tom Fallon) introduced each episode, and at the end of each story intoned: "And it just goes to show that crime does not pay."[3]

In 1957–1958, the American Broadcasting Company aired the series Scotland Yard, originally made as a series of British theatrical film shorts, hosted by Edgar Lustgarten and starring Russell Napier.[5]

Cast

• Clifford Evans - Inspector Stryker
• Susan Stephen - Peggy Sinclair
• Jack Watling - Tony Ashworth
• Eliot Makeham - Uncle Henry Petheridge
• George Woodbridge - Sergeant Hawker

Missing episodes

Series	Episode No.	Lost Episodes[6]	Original Broadcast Date
1	2	The Case Of Uncle Henry	7 December 1961

References

External links

Stryker of the Yard at IMDb (Film)
Stryker of the Yard at IMDb (TV series)

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