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"Based on John Dickson Carr's book The Department of Queer Complaints featuring the fictional detective Colonel March. Detective March is on the case to solve murder mysteries that baffle Scotland Yard and the British police. The legendary Boris Karloff (""Frankenstein"", ""The Mummy"") solves the X-Files of Scotland Yard in this classic mystery series thick with thieves, spies and menaces of unkn

Drama · 1955 · 45 min

Starring Boris Karloff , Ewan Roberts

Director Charles De Latour

EPISODE 1

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.

26 min · Oct 1, 1955
EPISODE 2

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?

26 min · Oct 1, 1955
EPISODE 3

At Night All Cats Are Gray

A mannequin is murdered---and clues indicate that the killer is color-blind. March: Boris Karloff. Jean Pierre: Christopher Lee. Mme. Jean Pierre: Frances Rowe. Darrow: Peter Dyneley. Ames: Ewan Roberts. Fleur: Isabel George.

27 min · Oct 1, 1955
EPISODE 4

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.

26 min · Oct 1, 1955
EPISODE 5

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."

27 min · Oct 1, 1955
EPISODE 6

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.

27 min · Oct 1, 1955