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An English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.An English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.An English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.
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- TriviaJust after the opening titles, in a comic scene, Cesar Romero mixes a cocktail that explodes. Mixing cocktails, or "flair bartendering" as it is known in the USA, was a hobby of his and he took part in competitions. Springtime in the Rockies (1942) also has a comic scene where he tries to impress Betty Grable and John Payne with his mixing skills.
- GoofsAlthough the receptionist at Danny's hotel would have had to tell Inspector Rigby and Detective Sergeant Reilly which room Danny stayed in as she did with O'Dell, she makes no reference to them when O'Dell returns Danny's key.
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Inspector Rigby: You know Reilly, of all the myths perpetuated by the cinema, the most patently inaccurate is the invincibility of the amateur detective.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Dame Wore Tweed (2022)
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Cesar Romero is an American PI trapped in London, waiting for the fog to lift so his plane can take off. He's passing the time in a bar with Lois Maxwell when a Peeler comes in to use the phone. A man has been struck and killed by a car. Miss Maxwell is convinced that it's her brother, so she and Romero go to look. It's as she feared. She is convinced he was murdered, but Romero's contacts in CID are retired, and there are lots of traffic accidents in Pea-soupers. So Romero and Miss Maxwell investigate.
It's a rather old-fashioned movie for 1952; hardly surprising, considering it's financed by Lippert and Hammer. Nonetheless, it's a nicely put together thriller, that leads to some unlikely places, with decent performances; director Sam Newfield, who spent too much of his career at PRC, demonstrates that given a decent script, he can turn out a good movie.
It's a rather old-fashioned movie for 1952; hardly surprising, considering it's financed by Lippert and Hammer. Nonetheless, it's a nicely put together thriller, that leads to some unlikely places, with decent performances; director Sam Newfield, who spent too much of his career at PRC, demonstrates that given a decent script, he can turn out a good movie.
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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By what name was Scotland Yard Inspector (1952) officially released in Canada in English?
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