Secrets of Scotland Yard

Secrets of Scotland Yard

THE STORY OF ADVENTUROUS AND GALLANT PEOPLE!

NR 1944 · 68 min · ★ 6.2 · Mystery

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.

Directed by George Blair · Written by Denison Clift

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Edgar Barrier John Usher / Robert Usher
Stephanie Bachelor Sudan Ainger
C. Aubrey Smith Sir Christopher Pelt
Lionel Atwill Waterlow
Henry Stephenson Sir Reginald Meade
John Abbott Mortimer Cope
Martin Kosleck Josef
Mary Gordon Libby, the Housekeeper

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