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Scotland Yard Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

39 Episodes 1953 - 1961

Episode 1

The Drayton Case

Sun, Feb 1, 1953 60 mins

A woman's skeleton is discovered and the police, having learned she was strangled, seek the killer. Duggan: Russell Napier. Edgar Lustgarten is the narrator.

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Episode 2

The Missing Man

Mon, Jun 1, 1953 60 mins

A mother's dream leads police to her son's body. Mother: Evelyn Moore. Father: Tristan Rawson. Edgar Lustgarten is the narrator.

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Episode 3

The Candlelight Murder

Thu, Oct 1, 1953 60 mins

The police try to prove that a body, battered beyond recognition, belongs to a missing recluse. Carson: Gerald Case. Rawson: Jack Lambert. Blacksmith: Clifford Buckton. Sergeant: Robert Cawdron.

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Episode 4

The Blazing Caravan

Mon, Feb 1, 1954 60 mins

Police learn that a murder victim had been a football-pool winner. Routledge: Alexander Gauge. Superintendent: Alan Robinson. Arthur: Edgar Driver.

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Episode 5

The Dark Stairway

Mon, Mar 1, 1954 60 mins

The only witness to a mail robber's murder is a blind man---and he's missing. Gifford: Vincent Ball. Harmer: Russell Napier.

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Episode 6

Late Night Final

Thu, Jul 1, 1954 60 mins

Police search for a missing newsdealer who took part in a warehouse robbery. Turner: Colin Tapley. Conway: Terrence York. Burrage: Stanley Van Beers. Everitt: Frank Forsythe. Wooland: Richard Shaw.

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Episode 7

Fatal Journey

Sun, Aug 1, 1954 60 mins

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Episode 8

The Strange Case of Blondie

Fri, Oct 1, 1954 60 mins

Police search for a blonde robber---who just added murder to her crimes. Duggan: Russell Napier. Edgar Lustgarten is the host.

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Episode 9

The Silent Witness

Fri, Oct 1, 1954 60 mins

A detective (Frank Forsyth) investigates a husband's story that his wife's death was accidental. Stafford: Ivan Craig. Daker: Kenneth Henry. Mrs. Stafford: Namara Michael. Edgar Lustgarten is the host.

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Episode 10

Passenger to Tokyo

Mon, Nov 1, 1954 60 mins

Customs officials at Yokohama open a British businessman's trunk---and find the mutilated body of a woman. Ross: Kenneth Henry. Detective: Ken Marshall. Craig: Peter Penn. Mrs. Craig: Dorothy Bramhall. Philips: Peter Bathurst. Pathologist: Weyman MacKay. Miss Summers: Genine Graham.

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Episode 11

Night Plane to Amsterdam

Sat, Jan 1, 1955 60 mins

London's underworld is combed for a murderous safe-cracker who wears a glove only on the right hand. Carron: Gerald Case. Mme. Langer: Selma Vas Dias. Assistant Detective: Shay Gorman. Bosker: Derek Sydney. Henri: Andreas Malandrinos.

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Episode 12

The Stateless Man

Sun, May 1, 1955 60 mins

Did a missing Czech refugee (Theodore Wilhelm) kill his fiancee in a water-front boardinghouse? Fenton: Tom Clegg. Perry: Frank Leighton. Mrs. Fenton: May Hallett. Detective: Robin Wentworth.

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Episode 13

The Mysterious Bullet

Fri, Jul 1, 1955 60 mins

Police search for a murder weapon that can convict a killer and clear two other suspects. Dexter: Robert Raglan. Patterson: John Warwick. Detective: John Stuart.

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Episode 14

Murder Anonymous

Tue, Nov 1, 1955 60 mins

A dog's fresh paw print is Inspector Conway's only clue in a murder. Conway: Ewen Solon. Mrs. Sheldon: Jill Bennett. Sheldon: Peter Arne. Doctor: Philip Ray. Detective Sergeant: Brian O'Higgins. Local Detective: Dervis Ward. Edgar Lustgarten is host and narrator.

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Episode 15

The Wall of Death

Thu, Mar 1, 1956 60 mins

Investigation: the death of a stunt rider whose motorcycle suspiciously stalled. Harris: Cyril Chamberlain. Fuller: Vernon Greeves. Nina: Venda Godsel. Edgar Lustgarten is host.

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Episode 16

The Case of the River Morgue

Fri, Jun 1, 1956 60 mins

A body is stolen from a mortuary and returned the next day---with different clothes on. O'Madden: Hugh Moxey. Stafford: Gordon Needham. Mrs. Hiller: Jane Welsh. Baxter: Charles Mortimer. Brind: Arthur Goulet. Edgar Lustgarten narrates.

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Episode 17

Destination Death

Sat, Sep 1, 1956 60 mins

The police try to solve the murder of a man killed at a London airport. Duggan: Russell Napier. Mrs. Carden: Paula Byrne. Mason: Arthur Gomez. Edgar Lustgarten narrates.

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Episode 18

Person Unknown

Thu, Nov 1, 1956 60 mins

Duggan (Russe11 Napier) investigates the case of a quarry foreman who was killed in an explosion. Cusick: George Pravda. Mrs. Cusick: Marianne Stone. Detective Sergeant: Edward Cast. Edgar Lustgarten is the host.

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Episode 19

The Lonely House

Tue, Jan 1, 1957 60 mins

A policewoman (Bettina Dickson) tracks down two murderers who use a matrimonial agency as a front. Duggan: Russell Napier. Mrs. Hilton: Dorothy Bramhall. Conway: Gordon Needham. Edgar Lustgarten is host.

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Episode 20

Bullet from the Past

Tue, Jan 1, 1957 60 mins

The shooting of an elderly insurance agent provides a clue to an old, unsolved murder case. Ross: Robert Sansom. Mrs. Ross: Philippa Hyatt. Inspector: Ballard Berkeley. Mrs. Grant: Lillian Harrison. Edgar Lustgarten is the narrator.

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Episode 21

Inside Information

Sat, Jun 1, 1957 60 mins

A Guy Fawkes Day tragedy: one charred effigy turns out to be a real body. Hammond: Ronald Adam. Conway: Bernard Fox. Elli: Colette Wilde. Nielson: Basil Henson. Forbes: Julian Strange.

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Episode 22

The Case of the Smiling Widow

Thu, Aug 1, 1957 60 mins

Something unusual about an art collector's "old masters" provides a clue to an artist's murder. Duggan: Russell Napier. Janet: Sylvia Marriot. Nicholls: Carl Jaffe. Edgar Lustgarten is host.

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Episode 23

The Mail Van Murder

Tue, Oct 1, 1957 60 mins

Thieves hijack a post-office van, steal registered mail and murder the driver. Wilson: Gordon Needham. Carla: Hy Hazell. Strange: Robert Reardon. Hammond: Denis Castle. Tanner: Victor Beaumont.

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Episode 24

Night Crossing

Tue, Oct 1, 1957 60 mins

Detectives investigate the death of a young woman whose body washed up on a beach. Duggan: Russell Napier.

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Episode 25

The Tyburn Case

Tue, Oct 1, 1957 60 mins

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Episode 26

The White Cliffs Mystery

Tue, Oct 1, 1957 60 mins

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Episode 27

Print of Death

Fri, Apr 18, 1958 60 mins

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Episode 28

Crime of Honour

Fri, Aug 1, 1958 60 mins

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Episode 29

Cross Road Gallows

Fri, Aug 1, 1958 60 mins

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Episode 30

The Unseeing Eye

Sun, Feb 1, 1959 60 mins

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Episode 31

The Ghost Train Murder

Tue, Dec 1, 1959 60 mins

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Episode 32

The Dover Road Mystery

Mon, Feb 1, 1960 60 mins

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Episode 33

The Last Train

Fri, Apr 1, 1960 60 mins

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Episode 34

Evidence in Concrete

Thu, Dec 1, 1960 60 mins

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Episode 35

The Grand Junction Case

Wed, Feb 1, 1961 60 mins

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Episode 36

The Silent Weapon

Wed, Feb 1, 1961 60 mins

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Episode 37

The Never Never Murder

Thu, Jun 1, 1961 60 mins

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Episode 38

The Square Mile Murder

Thu, Jun 1, 1961 60 mins

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Episode 39

Wings of Death

Thu, Jun 1, 1961 60 mins

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