Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

4.1/10 • 72 min • Crime Mystery

Overview

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

Cast

Ralph Byrd

Jerry Sheehan

Joan Barclay

Hope Mason

Lloyd Hughes

Doctor Marshall

Dickie Jones

Bobby Mason

Lucille Lund

Duchess

Nick Stuart

Julot

Sam Flint

Chief Insp. Henderson

Jimmy Aubrey

The Hag / Baron Polinka

Theodore Lorch

Daggett - the Butler (as Ted Lorch)

Bob Terry

Peyton - Henchman

Dick Curtis

Nicky

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