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Blake of Scotland Yard
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".
Director and cast
- Bob Hill Director
- Ralph Byrd as Jerry Sheehan
- Joan Barclay as Hope Mason
- Lloyd Hughes as Doctor Marshall
- Dickie Jones as Bobby Mason
- Lucille Lund as Duchess
- Nick Stuart as Julot
- Sam Flint as Chief Insp. Henderson
- Gail Newbury as Mimi - Policewoman
- Jimmy Aubrey as The Hag / Baron Polinka
- Theodore Lorch as Daggett - the Butler (as Ted Lorch)
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