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 date	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 on IMDb
Blake of Scotland Yard is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by Robert F. Hill

The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
The Flaming Disc (1920)
The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)
The Radio King (1922)
Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)
The Social Buccaneer (1923)
The Phantom Fortune (1923)
Shadows of the North (1923)
Idaho (1925)
Wild West (1925)
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
The Return of the Riddle Rider (1927)
Blake of Scotland Yard (1927)
Haunted Island (1928)
Life's Mockery (1928)
Melody Lane (1929)
Heroes of the Flames (1931)
Sundown Trail (1931)
The Spell of the Circus (1931)
Love Bound (1932)
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Cowboy Holiday (1934)
Queen of the Jungle (1935)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Prison Shadows (1936)
West of Nevada (1936)
Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936)
The Phantom of the Range (1936)
Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
East Side Kids (1940)

Films produced by Sam Katzman
1930s	Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) Alias John Law (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) Danger Ahead (1935) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Shadow of Chinatown (1936) The Rogues Tavern (1936) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) 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)
1940s	Invisible Ghost (1941) Zis Boom Bah (1941) Bowery at Midnight (1942) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Voodoo Man (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945) Junior Prom (1946) Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Betty Co-Ed (1946) Vacation Days (1947) The Vigilante (1947) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Last of the Redmen (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947) Racing Luck (1948) I Surrender Dear (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Tex Granger (1948) Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) The Prince of Thieves (1948) Chinatown at Midnight (1949) Barbary Pirate (1949) The Mutineers (1940) Manhattan Angel (1949)
1950s	State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) Captain Video (1951) The Magic Carpet (1951) Hurricane Island (1951) When the Redskins Rode (1951) Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952) Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) The Golden Hawk (1952) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Thief of Damascus (1952) The Pathfinder (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Target Hong Kong (1953) Last of the Redskins (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Sky Commando (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) Fort Ti (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) The Saracen Blade (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954) The Miami Story (1954) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) The Gun That Won the West (1955) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Adventures of Captain Africa, Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955) Seminole Uprising (1955) Pirates of Tripoli (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Blackjack Ketchum, Depserado (1956) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Beings at 17 (1958) The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) The Flying Fontaines (1959) Lock Up Your Daughters (1959)
1960s	The Enemy General (1960) The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961) Pirates of Tortuga (1961) The Wizard of Baghdad (1961) The Wild Westerners (1962) Hootenanny Hoot (1963) Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) Harum Scarum (1965) When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) Hold On! (1966) Hot Rods to Hell (1967) Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968) A Time to Sing (1968) The Young Runaways (1968)
Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Congo Bill (1948) Superman (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) The Mysterious Island (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)
Jungle Jim series	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)
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) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Docks of New York (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)

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