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Director
  
Ray Taylor

Producer
  
Henry MacRae

Prequel
  
Blake of Scotland Yard

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Action, Crime, Drama

Cinematography
  
John Hickson

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
September 30, 1929 (1929-09-30) (United States)

Writer
  
Harold M. Atkinson (scenario), Harold M. Atkinson (story)

Cast
  
Crauford Kent
(Inspector Angus Blake),
Florence Allen
(Lady Diana Blanton),
Albert Prisco
(Prince Darius (as Albert Priscoe)),
Monte Montague
(Jarvis),
Grace Cunard
(Mary Duveen- aka Queen of Diamonds),
Herbert Prior
(Lord Blanton)

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The Ace of Scotland Yard is a 1929 Universal movie serial. It was the first partial sound serial released by Universal Pictures (although the 69th serial released, including the silent serials).

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Universal announced this as the first talking serial, but that title is generally agreed to belong to Mascot Pictures' The King of the Kongo (1929). It was released in both sound and silent versions. The serial is presumed to be lost.

Plot

Retired CID inspector Angus Blake tries to catch a jewel thief named The Queen of Diamonds from stealing a valuable ring (which, according to legend, carries a curse) from Lord Blanton.

Cast

  • Crauford Kent as Angus Blake, retired CID Inspector
  • Monte Montague as Jarvis, Blake's servant
  • Grace Cunard as Queen of Diamonds, famous jewel thief disguised as Lord Blanton's housekeeper Mary Duveen
  • Florence Allen as Lady Diana Blanton, Lord Blanton's daughter
  • Herbert Prior as Lord Blanton, owner of the cursed ring
  • Albert Prisco as Prince Darius, desires the ring and hires the Queen of Diamonds to steal it

    • Chapter titles

    1. The Fatal Circlet
    2. A Cry in the Night
    3. The Dungeon of Doom
    4. Menace of the Mummy
    5. The Depths of Limehouse
    6. Dead or Alive
    7. Shadows of Fear
    8. The Baited Trap
    9. A Battle of Wits
    10. The Fatal Judgement

    References

    The Ace of Scotland Yard Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Ace of Scotland Yard IMDb The Ace of Scotland Yard themoviedb.org