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The Floating Dutchman is a British film of genre Drama directed by Vernon Sewell with Dermot Walsh

The Floating Dutchman (1952)

The Floating Dutchman
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Length 1h16
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Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating54% 2.7331152.7331152.7331152.7331152.733115

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 novel by Nicholas Bentley.

Actors

Dermot Walsh

(Alexander James)Sydney Tafler

(Victor Skinner)Mary Germaine

(Rose Reid)James Raglan

(Mr. Wynn)Derek Blomfield

(Philip Reid)
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