Detective Lloyd (1931) is a 12-chapter Universal movie serial. A co-production between the American company Universal and the British company General Films, it was filmed entirely in Britain with British and Commonwealth actors. It was the only sound serial ever produced in the UK. Although a print was shown on British and SwedishThe Swedish broadcast was shown on SVT2 during the summer of 1974 with the 12th and last episode being aired on 5 July; see TV schedules in contemporary newspapers, for example Aftonbladet, 5 July 1974. TV as recently as the 1970s, the film is now considered lost.
It was also known by the titles Lloyd of the C.I.D. and In the Hands of the Hinfu. Detective Lloyd battled a villain known as the Panther in this serial. Material from the serial was edited into a feature film version called The Green Spot Mystery (1932), which is also a lost film. Detective Lloyd is on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.
Cast Jack Lloyd - as Inspector Lloyd Muriel Angelus - as Sybil Craig Wallace Geoffrey - as The Panther Lewis Dayton - as Randall Hale Janice Adair - as Diana Brooks Tracy Holmes - as Chester Dunn Emily Fitzroy - as The Manor Ghost Humberston Wright - as the Lodgekeeper Gibb McLaughlin - as Abdul Earle Stanley - as Salam Cecil Musk - as Fouji John Turnbull - Barclay of Scotland Yard Shayle Gardner - as police inspector Vi Kaley - as the charwoman Harry Gunn - as yokel Frank Dane - as henchman Fewlass Llewelyn - as Museum Curator
Chapter titles The Green Spot Murder The Panther Strikes The Trap Springs Tracked by Wireless The Death Ray The Poison Dart The Race with Death The Panther's Lair Imprisoned in the North Tower The Panther's Cunning The Panther at Bay Heroes of the Law Source:
See also List of American films of 1931 List of film serials by year List of film serials by studio
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