The White Cliffs Mystery

It starts off with a corpse thrown from a train. I assume it was a dummy.

Scotland Yard are brought in to investigate and the dead man was Edward Matrion. A research engineer doing top secret government work involving the latest guided missile technology.

His employer find out that one of the top secret blueprints is missing.

Was Matrion engaged in selling the secret plans to an enemy country?

Superintendent Duggan discover that Matrion's wife is very ill. His bank accounts show a withdrawal of a large amount of cash. Indicating that he might be being blackmailed. Also his secretary is missing, reportedly on holiday.

Edgar Lustgarten regarded the case as sensational. It certainly has urgency with national security at stake. I did wonder why no alarm bells went off when Duggan was first told that secretary was on holiday.

The body of a man named Edward Matrion is thrown off a train travelling from Seahaven to Waterloo. Superintendent Duggan is on the case, and soon discovers that Matrion was an engineer, working on a guided missile project.

This is one of the more interesting Scotland Yard films that I've seen, a quite appealing storyline, solid cast, and a nice moment of fisticuffs.

The obvious gripe, scenes of the body being dragged along the platform by the train looked rather good, but when they switched to the close up, they could have changed to a person, poor thing looked like he had severe rigor mortis.

Worth seeing for a young Kevin Stoney, he's always great value, and Russell Napier is as steadfast as always. Lots of glorious RP accents throughout.

That moment though.....I wouldn't have left those things on the train....another stupid villain.

6/10.