| Scotland Yard | |
| Director: | William K. Howard |
| Producer: | Ralph Block |
| Screenplay: | Garrett Fort |
| Starring: | Edmund Lowe Joan Bennett Donald Crisp Georges Renavent Lumsden Hare David Torrence |
| Music: | Arthur Kay |
| Cinematography: | George Schneiderman |
| Editing: | Jack Murray |
| Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Scotland Yard is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp, Georges Renavent, Lumsden Hare and David Torrence. It was released on October 19, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation.[1] [2] [3] It is based on the 1929 play Scotland Yard by Denison Clift. In 1941, the film was remade under the same title.
The film depicts identity theft. A financier who went missing in action during World War I is impersonated by a swindler.
In London following the First World War, a criminal masquerades of a financier who had gone missing in action with the intent of stealing large sums of money.