BLAKE OF SCOTLAND YARD (1937) Ralph Byrd & Joan Barclay | Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi | B&W

Blake of Scotland Yard is a 1937 Victory Pictures American film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The serial was also edited down into a feature film version.

SYNOPSIS
A 15 episode serial in which Blake battles the "Scorpion" over possession of a 'death ray' machine.

Sir James Blake, a leading figure in crime fighting, has retired from Scotland Yard in order to assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James believes that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate it to the League of Nations. However, a gang of criminals led by the elusive "Scorpion" steals the device, and Blake and his associates must recover the invention and determine the true identity of the "Scorpion".

CAST & CREW
Ralph Byrd as Jerry Sheehan
Herbert Rawlinson as Sir James Blake
Joan Barclay as Hope Mason
Lloyd Hughes as Dr. Marshall
Dickie Jones as Bobby Mason
Lucille Lund as The Duchess, a Gang Moll
Nick Stuart as Julot, Male Apache Dancer
Sam Flint as Chief Inspector Henderson
Gail Newbury as Mimi, policewoman posing as dancer
Jimmy Aubrey as Baron Polinka
Theodore Lorch as Daggett, the butler
George DeNormand as Gang Member posing as Newshawker
Bob Terry as Peyton, lead thug
William Farrel as Count Basil Zagaloff
Frank Wayne as Charles
Dick Curtis as Nicky, a Gang Member

Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by William Buchanan (screenplay), Basil Dickey (screenplay), Robert F. Hill (story)
Produced by Sam Katzman
Cinematography William Hyer
Edited by Frederick Bain, Holbrook N. Todd
Distributed by Victory Pictures
Release date January 30, 1937
Running time 303 minutes (serial)
Country United States