Stryker of the Yard

Stryker of the Yard (A.K.A. Stryker of Scotland Yard and Scotland Yard Cases ) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling and Eliot Makeham.

A second cinema film, Companions in Crime followed in 1954.

In 1957, these films and others aired as a 15-episode British television series of the same name, starring Evans, George Woodbridge, and Tim Turner. The series was also shown on U.S. TV.

A host (Tom Fallon) introduced each episode, and at the end of each story intoned: "And it just goes to show that crime does not pay."

In 1957-1958, the American Broadcasting Company aired a related series, Scotland Yard, hosted by Edgar Lustgarten and starring John Woodvine, Russell Napier, and John Carlisle.