Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
- 1954-1956
- 1 season
- Official Films
- Suspense, Drama
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1954 - 1956
Episode 1
The Sorcerer
26 mins
A psychologist is found dead in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.
Episode 2
The Abominable Snowman
26 mins
Members of a Britsh mountain climbing club are seemingly terrorized by an abominable snow man after film of tracks belonging to the creature are released. March struggles to accept the nature of the creature, and what it's real motivations are.
Episode 3
Present Tense
26 mins
March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.
Episode 4
At Night All Cats Are Gray
Mon, Oct 4, 1954 27 mins
A French model asks for Colonel March's help just hours before she's found murdered.
Episode 5
The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle
27 mins
Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as a poodle. As he continues his investigation he begins to think both incidents may be connected.
Episode 6
The Invisible Knife
26 mins
March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife.
Episode 7
The Strange Event at Roman Fall
27 mins
A woman is accused of killing her reclusive mystery writer husband.
Episode 8
The Headless Hat
27 mins
Colonel March is on holidays in France when he meets an old friend from the French police who tells him of a murder at the docks. The French suspect he was a smuggler who had English contacts. March decides to aid them in their investigation.
Episode 9
The Second Mona Lisa
27 mins
'The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors.
Episode 10
Death in Inner Space
26 mins
At an isolated château outside Paris, a scientist insists he's received radio waves emanating from the planet Mars.
Episode 11
The Talking Head
27 mins
A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée.
Episode 12
The Devil Sells His Soul
30 mins
Colonel March uses hypnosis to crack the case of a stabbing murder.
Episode 13
Murder Is Permanent
26 mins
The owner of a beauty salon is found stabbed to death.
Episode 14
The Silent Vow
27 mins
Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine.
Episode 15
Death and the Other Monkey
26 mins
A biologist is convinced that his test monkey was not only stolen but replaced.
Episode 16
The Stolen Crime
27 mins
A man demands to be arrested for murdering his wealthy wife, whose death is attributed to natural causes.
Episode 17
The Silver Curtain
30 mins
How did Davos end up with a knife in his back? The murder happened behind the "silver curtain" of spray from a fountain. He was alone with Jerry Winton in a dead end alley, but Winton didn't do it. Can Col. March unravel the mystery?
Episode 18
Error at Daybreak
26 mins
Norman Kane, a shady businessman accused of swindling investors, collapses on a seaside jetty just prior to taking a swim in the cold ocean. Although his attending physician pronounces him dead of an apparent heart attack, a vacationing Colonel March discovers a sharpened needle near the body and connects it to an air rifle which Kane's secretary was using on the beach. Unfortunately by the time the police arrives, the body has disappeared, apparently taken out to sea by the advancing tide.
Episode 19
Hot Money
26 mins
A bank robber accuses a prominent attorney of committing the crime.
Episode 20
The Missing Link
27 mins
Scotland Yard is baffled by the attempted theft of a museum's prized exhibit of the skull of 'Damascus Man.'
Episode 21
The Case of the Misguided Missal
27 mins
A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don.
Episode 22
The Deadly Gift
27 mins
A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief dead for ten years.
Episode 23
The Case of the Lively Ghost
26 mins
A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost.
Episode 24
Death in the Dressing Room
26 mins
A Javanese dancer is murdered after alerting Colonel March of danger.
Episode 25
The New Invisible Man
26 mins
A major insists he saw a pair of gloves shoot a man dead.
Episode 26
Passage at Arms
27 mins
A French fencing team are involved in a London murder case.