Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

7.2 | en | Drama

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

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EP26  The Strange Events At Roman Falls
Apr. 11,1957
The Strange Events At Roman Falls

When a wife reports her reclusive mystery writer husband has accidentally fallen from a cliff, suspicion points to her as the killer. Colonel March is called in to investigate at the isolated seaside manor.

EP25  The Case Of The Kidnapped Poodle
Apr. 04,1957
The Case Of The Kidnapped Poodle

Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as the kidnapping of a little boy's poodle. As the investigation continues, he begins to think both incidents may be connected.

EP24  The Invisible Knife
Mar. 28,1957
The Invisible Knife

March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife, while attempting to summon The Devil during a black rite.

EP23  Passage At Arms
Sep. 11,1956
Passage At Arms

A woman is found dead, but was it suicide or murder? A French fencing match provides the telling clue and Inspector Goron travels to London to assist Colonel March.

EP22  The New Invisible Man
Sep. 04,1956
The New Invisible Man

Colonel March receives a queer complaint that a pair of disembodied gloves killed a man. He refuses to give up easily despite the fact there is no corpse, no blood, and no evidence of wrongdoing.

EP21  Death In The Dressing Room
Aug. 28,1956
Death In The Dressing Room

Murder and blackmail culminate in this episode where a call for help during a Javenese dance is the clue that Colonel March needs to prove a faulty alibi.

EP20  The Case Of The Lively Ghost
Aug. 21,1956
The Case Of The Lively Ghost

A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost. Colonel March attends her next seance to discover the identity of the spirit's killer - dead or alive.

EP19  The Deadly Gift
Aug. 14,1956
The Deadly Gift

A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief, dead ten years. But someone is soon murdered searching for something valuable hidden in the mysterious gift and Colonel March believes the music holds the key.

EP18  The Case Of The Misguided Missal
Aug. 07,1956
The Case Of The Misguided Missal

A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don. An illusionist is called in to demonstrate how the book can disappear from a locked safe, when the supernatural is suspected.

EP17  The Missing Link
Jul. 31,1956
The Missing Link

A skull, known as the Damascus man, is stolen from a museum and Colonel March's life is imperiled trying to solve the case.

EP16  Hot Money
Jul. 24,1956
Hot Money

A bank robbery takes place and the suspect, never out of sight, is followed to his office, where he locks himself in. But when the police and Colonel March search his office there is no trace of the money!

EP15  Error At Daybreak
Jul. 17,1956
Error At Daybreak

A shady businessman collapses on an oceanside jetty, the apparent victim of a heart attack, but a vacationing March discovers blood and a needle near the body. A little boy's lost ball may be the key to a possible murder.

EP14  The Silver Curtain
Jul. 10,1956
The Silver Curtain

Behind the "silver curtain" spray from a fountain, a man is found dead with a knife in his back. Colonel March is called in to investigate.

EP13  The Stolen Crime
Jul. 04,1956
The Stolen Crime

A man demands to be arrested for plotting the perfect murder of his wealthy wife, who is found dead that night of natural causes. A valuable coin collection holds the answers.

EP12  Death And The Other Monkey
Jun. 27,1956
Death And The Other Monkey

A scientist conducting cancer research is convinced that his test monkey was not only stolen but replaced. He is later found dead from gas, and Colonel March must prove if it was suicide or not.

EP11  The Silent Vow
Jun. 20,1956
The Silent Vow

Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine and the waiter falls under suspicion because he was a former chemist.

EP10  Murder Is Permanent
Jun. 13,1956
Murder Is Permanent

Colonel March is called in to investigate a murder in a beauty salon. There are plenty of suspects and it's up to Colonel March to single out the murderer.

EP9  The Devil Sells His Soul
Jun. 06,1956
The Devil Sells His Soul

Colonel March hypnotises five people to solve the stabbing murder of Lord Telford, while he himself portrays the murder victim.

EP8  The Talking Head
May. 16,1956
The Talking Head

A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée. But did the father truly die in an accidental plane crash?

EP7  Death In Inner Space
May. 09,1956
Death In Inner Space

At an isolated château outside Paris, a scientist insists he's received radio waves emanating from Mars. Seeking a way to suspend a person's life functions during space travel, his volunteer subject dies from lack of oxygen. Accident or foul play?

EP6  The Second Mona Lisa
Apr. 25,1956
The Second Mona Lisa

Two Mona Lisa paintings appear on the art market | but which one is the second original and which is the copy? Colonel March is determined to reveal the truth.

EP5  The Headless Hat
Apr. 11,1956
The Headless Hat

While on holiday in France, there is a murder at the docks and Colonel March is asked by a friend of the French police to assist. The only clue left behind by the culprit, a sailor's cap - "looking for the head that fits this hat."

EP4  The Abominable Snowman
Apr. 08,1956
The Abominable Snowman

Members of the Himalayan Mountaineering Club are threatened by what appears to be the abominable snowman, and someone leaves a strange footprint on a ledge outside Colonel March's office.

EP3  At Night All Cats Are Gray
Mar. 08,1956
At Night All Cats Are Gray

A French fashion model asks for Colonel March's help, claiming a strange man is following her and she fears for her life. Several hours later she's found murdered, in mismatched colour, a telling clue for the inspector.

EP2  Present Tense
Mar. 01,1956
Present Tense

Colonel March's niece, a believer in spiritualism, thinks she hears her dead husband's voice and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost. But has he?

EP1  The Sorcerer
Feb. 22,1956
The Sorcerer

A psychologist is found stabbed to death in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.

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Released: 1956-02-22 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

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Boris Karloff , Ewan Roberts , Eric Pohlmann

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magicshadows-90098 A few years ago I acquired 20 episodes of the series from an online seller. I was mildly impressed at first. I though the series was well done. Karloff's character, Colonel March, was well defined, and the stories were generally pleasing. However, over the years I have come to really love this modest little series.The many reviews I've read on the series usually fluff it off as a low budget British TV series. That is most unkind. The productions values are very standard for the time. The mystery elements are not the draw of the series. Rather, it is Karloff's wonderful performance, mixed with the quirky elements of the stories. Karloff's Colonel March is an intelligent, slightly egoistical maverick. He works for Scotland Yard in the aptly named Department of Queer Complaints. Yet March is basically an acknowledged genius who works on his own and he has no supervisor. The toughest, most bizarre and whimsical cases are all thrown in March's lap. My favourite episodes include; 1. The Abominable Snowman, where the snowy legend threatens members of March's own mountain climbing group. 2. Death and the Other Monkey, where March probes the murder of a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough. 3. The Sorcerer, March investigates the murder of a psychologist. If you watch an episode and it doesn't impress you, try another. The series might grow on you, like it did with me.
F Gwynplaine MacIntyre John Dickson Carr was a mystery author who specialised in locked-room whodunnits and other 'impossible' crimes: murder mysteries that seemed to defy possibility. Under the pen-name Carter Dickson, he published a series of tales called 'The Department of Queer Complaints', in which a master criminologist is called upon to solve 'X-Files'-type murders.'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' was a syndicated series, starring Boris Karloff in episodes based on Dickson Carr's 'Queer Complaints' stories. The production budget for this series was laughably low; walls and furniture are clearly flimsy sets, and the actors are obviously taking care not to break anything. When a door opens, the doorframe wobbles. Karloff's splendid professionalism and innate dignity do much to offset this problem.As the tweedy Colonel March, Karloff wore a patch over his left eye, although the scripts never explained how March lost this eye. I found it plausible that Scotland Yard in the 1950s might retain a one-eyed detective. On the other hand, watching Peter Falk in episodes of 'Columbo' in the 1970s, I find a similar circumstance very implausible. Falk is a brilliant actor, but he clearly has a prosthetic eye ... and I can't believe that the Los Angeles police force in the 1970s would retain a one-eyed detective. In 'Colonel March', the eyepatch obscuring Karloff's vision causes him just occasionally to bump into one of the wobbly sets.It's no surprise that each episode of 'Colonel March' ends with Karloff tidily solving the mystery. Unfortunately, in some cases the explanation verged on the supernatural. This violates the spirit of the 'impossible' crime, in which the solution (however implausible) must still remain within the laws of scientific possibility.Karloff was ably abetted by Ewan Roberts, and by veteran character actor Richard Wattis ... who wore hornrimmed glasses here, and gave a performance less effeminate than usual for him. For all its many flaws and its very dated appearance, 'Colonel March' remains enjoyable for mystery fans in general and fans of Boris Karloff in particular.