The Floating Dutchman (1952)
1h 16m
Running Time
January 1, 1952Release Date
The Floating Dutchman (1952)
1h 16m
Running Time
January 1, 1952Release Date
Plot.
Two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the body of an unidentified man floating in the Thames. The police later identify the body to be that of a diamond courier from Holland. The police have to find his murderer, as well as the missing diamonds he was carrying.
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Cast & Crew.
Dermot Walsh
Alexander James
Sydney Tafler
Victor Skinner
Mary Germaine
Rose Reid
Hugh Morton
Inspector Cathie
Guy Verney
Snow White
Vernon Sewell
Director
James Raglan
Mr. Wynn
Derek Blomfield
Philip Reid
Details.
Wiki.
The Floating Dutchman is a 1952 British crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler and Mary Germaine. It was known as Clue for a Corpse on U.S. TV. The film was an early product of Merton Park Studios, a British company best known for its Edgar Wallace Mysteries of the 1960s. Its plot involves Dermot Walsh as a Scotland Yard detective who goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. It is based on a 1950 novel of the same title by Nicholas Bentley.The title is a pun on the famous ship, the Flying Dutchman.