Blake of Scotland Yard (1937 film)

Blake of Scotland Yard
Film poster
Directed by	Robert F. Hill
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	William Buchanan (screenplay) Basil Dickey (screenplay) Robert F. Hill (story)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	William Hyer
Edited by	Frederick Bain Holbrook N. Todd
Distributed by	Victory Pictures
Release dates	January 30, 1937 (1937-01-30)
Running time	73 minutes (film) 303 minutes (serial)
Country	United States
Language	English

Blake of Scotland Yard is a 1937 Victory Pictures American film directed by Robert F. Hill. It is a feature film edited from the film serial of the same name.

Plot

Sir James Blake, a leading figure in crime fighting, has retired from Scotland Yard in order he can 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

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

External links

Blake of Scotland Yard at the Internet Movie Database
Blake of Scotland Yard is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films produced by Sam Katzman

Supreme Pictures Corporation

Bob Steele Westerns	Western Justice (1934) A Demon for Trouble (1934) Smokey Smith (1935) Tombstone Terror (1935) Alias John Law (1935) Big Calibre (1935) Sundown Saunders (1935) Brand of the Outlaws (1936)

Victory Pictures Corporation

Peter B. Kyne Adaptations	Danger Ahead (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) A Face in the Fog (1935) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936)

Tom Tyler Westerns	Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937)

Herman Brix Films	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937)

Tim McCoy Westerns	Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Mercury Pictures Corporation

The Rogues Tavern (1936)

Monogram Pictures

East Side Kids	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)

Bela Lugosi Movies	Invisible Ghost (1941) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944)

Billy Gilbert Movies	Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945)

The Teen Agers	Junior Prom (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Vacation Days (1947)

Other	Zis Boom Bah (1941)

Columbia Pictures

Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) Going Steady (1958) Life Begins at 17 (1958) The Flying Fontaines (1959) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968)

Jean Porter	Betty Co-Ed (1946) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)

Gloria Henry	I Surrender Dear (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Manhattan Angel (1949)

Jungle Jim	Jungle Jim (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Savage Mutiny (1953) Valley of the Headhunters (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1956)

Jon Hall	Last of the Redmen (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) Hurricane Island (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952)

George Montgomery	The Pathfinder (1952) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Fort Ti (1953) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Seminole Uprising (1955)

Swashbucklers	The Mutineers (1949) Barbary Pirate (1949) Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) The Magic Carpet (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Thief of Damascus (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The Saracen Blade (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Pirates of Tripoli (1955) Drums of Tahiti (1954)

Westerns	When the Redskins Rode (1951) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Last of the Redskins (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Wild Westerners (1962)

Serials	Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Hop Harrigan (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Vigilante (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) Congo Bill (1948) Tex Granger (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) The Mysterious Island (1951) Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) King of the Congo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Lost Planet (1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

Crime	Chinatown at Midnight (1949) State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Target Hong Kong (1953) The Miami Story (1954) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958)

Musicals	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961)

Science Fiction	Lock Up Your Daughters (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957)

War	Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Sky Commando (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) Crash Landing (1958) The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) The Enemy General (1960)

20th Century Fox

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

MGM

American International Pictures

Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Other

His Private Secretary (1934)
Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series)
How to Succeed with Sex (1970)
The Loners (1972)

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