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Sexton Blake Filmography
The Great Detective on the Silver Screen SEXTON BLAKE Monochrome — Silent Released: October 1909 Film Company: Gaumont / Melodrama Production Syndicate Director: C. Douglas Carlile Note 1 Script: Based on a play by C. Douglas Carlile Cast: C. Douglas Carlile as Sexton Blake Russell Barry as Roger Blackburn Story: Sexton Blake poses as a cleric to save a Squire's daughter from marrying a murderer. THE JEWEL THIEVES RUN TO EARTH BY SEXTON BLAKE Monochrome — Silent Released: March 1910 Film Company: Gaumont Director Unknown Script: Unknown Cast: Unknown Story: Sexton Blake rescues a clerk from a gang of criminals who tie him to a clock-operated gun. SEXTON PIMPLE Monochrome — Silent Released: January 1914 Film Company: Folly Films Director: Joe & Fred Evans Note 2 Script: Joe & Fred Evans Cast: Fred Evans as Sexton Pimple Story: In this parody, Sexton Pimple takes over a train to save the King of Cork from spies. SEXTON BLAKE V BARON KETTLER Monochrome — Silent Released: April 1914 Film Company: Humanity Story Films Director: Hugh Moss Script: Supposedly based on an issue of UNION JACK (currently unknown) but more likely based on THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY TYPIST (ANSWERS WEEKLY, issue 1,135). Cast: Unknown Story: Sexton Blake recovers stolen plans.  THE CLUE OF THE WAX VESTAMonochrome — Silent — 3 reels Released: April 1914 Film Company: Unknown Director: Unknown Script: Unknown Cast: Unknown Story: Mlle. Yvonne seeks revenge on the villains who ruined her mother.  THE MYSTERY OF THE DIAMOND BELT Monochrome — Silent — 4 reels Released: July 1914 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (KTC) British Apex Director: Charles Raymond Script: Based on THE MYSTERY OF THE DIAMOND BELT by Lewis Carlton which was serialised in 15 parts in THE BOYS' JOURNAL from issue 57 to 71. Cast: Philip Kay as Sexton Blake Lewis Carlton as Tinker Douglas Payne as George Marsden Plummer Story: Unbeknown to heroine Nora, the secretary for a jewellery firm, her father, George Marsden Plummer, is the head of a gang of jewel thieves. Posing as a nobleman, he steals a priceless diamond belt, shifting the blame to Nora's innocent sweetheart Brahms. It is up to Sexton Blake, his assistant Harry (?), and his faithful dog Pedro to retrieve the belt and expose the guilty party. THE KAISER'S SPIES Monochrome — Silent Released: November 1914 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (KTC) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Phillip Kay as Sexton Blake Lewis Carlton as Tinker Story: An entymologist runs a spy ring of bus driver from a tower in Epping Forest. BRITAIN'S SECRET TREATY Monochrome — Silent Released: November 1914 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (KTC) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Phillip Kay as Sexton Blake Lewis Carlton as Tinker Thomas Canning as The Count Story: Sexton Blake poses as a foreign war minister but is captured by The Count who attaches him to a bomb and hangs him over Beachy Head. THE STOLEN HEIRLOOMS Monochrome — Silent Released: April 1915 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (Walturdaw) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Harry Lorraine as Sexton Blake Bert Rex as Tinker Story: Sexton Blake is drugged with poisoned flowers and tied to a sawmill while attempting to save an ex-gambler who's been falsely charged with a jewel theft. THE COUNTERFEITERS Monochrome — Silent Released: April 1915 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (KTC) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Harry Lorraine as Sexton Blake Bert Rex as Tinker Story: Sexton Blake tracks a gang of counterfeiters to an old mill where they capture him and tie him to the waterwheel and Tinker to the lock gates. THE GREAT CHEQUE FRAUD Monochrome — Silent Released: July 1915 Film Company: I. B. Davidson (Walturdaw) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Harry Lorraine as Sexton Blake Bert Rex as Tinker Douglas Payne as George Marsden Plummer Story: Sexton Blake saves Tinker from a bank swindler after using an overhead cable to escape from a raging inferno. THE THORNTON JEWEL MYSTERY Monochrome — Silent Released: November 1915 Film Company: I. B. Davidson — St. George (Serra) Director: Charles Raymond Script: Unknown Cast: Harry Lorraine as Sexton Blake Bert Rex as Tinker Story: A girl frames a drunkard for a jewel robbery. Sexton Blake is rescued from the crook's launch after Tinker performs a 60ft dive. THE FURTHER EXPLOITS OF SEXTON BLAKE: THE MYSTERY OF THE S.S. OLYMPIC Monochrome — Silent — 5 reels Released: August 1919 Film Company: Atlantic Films (Gaumont) Director: Harry Lorraine Script: Unknown Cast: Douglas Payne as Sexton Blake Marjorie Villis as Gwenda Howard Jeff Barlow as Mr. Reece Neil Warrington as Tinker Frank Dane as Hamilton William Brandon Mickey Brantford Story: Sexton Blake rescues the kidnapped daughter of an inventor who has been murdered for his secret formula. SEXTON BLAKE (SERIES) Monochrome — Silent Released: Series started May 1928 Film Company: British Filmcraft (Par) Producer: George J. Banfield Regular Cast: Langhorne Burton as Sexton Blake Mickey Brantford as Tinker 1. THE CLUE OF THE SECOND GOBLET Director: George A. Cooper Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Fred Raynham as George Marsden Plummer Story: Unknown 2. BLAKE THE LAWBREAKER Director: George A. Cooper Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Fred Raynham (as George Marsden Plummer?) Story: Unknown 3. SEXTON BLAKE, GAMBLER Director: George J. Banfield Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Marjorie Hume as Joan Fairfield Frank Atherley as Lord Fairfield Adeline Hayden Coffin as Lady Fairfield Story: Unknown 4. SILKEN THREADS Director: Leslie Eveleigh Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Mrs. Fred Emney as Mrs. Bardell Leslie Perrins as Stormcroft Marjorie Hume as Nadia Petrowski Frank Therley as Man Story: Unknown 5. THE GREAT OFFICE MYSTERY Director: Unknown Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Ronald Curtis as Leon Kestrel Story: Unknown 6. THE MYSTERY OF THE SILENT DEATH Director: Leslie Eveleigh Script: Unknown Additional Cast: Mrs. Fred Emney as Mrs. Bardell Roy Travers as Mr. Reece Story: Unknown SEXTON BLAKE AND THE BEARDED DOCTOR Monochrome — Sound Released: July 1935 Film Company: Fox British (MGM) Director: George A. Cooper Script: Based on the novel THE BLAZING LAUNCH MURDER (SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series Issue 449) by Rex Hardinge Cast: George Curzon as Sexton Blake Tony Sympson as Tinker Henry Oscar as Dr. Gibbs Gillian Maude as Janest Philip Ray as Jim Cameron John Turnbull as Inspector Donnell Edward Dignon as Hawkins James Knight as Red Donald Wolfit as Percy Story: A doctor kills a violinist to defraud an insurance company. SEXTON BLAKE AND THE MADEMOISELLE Monochrome — Sound Released: October 1935 Film Company: Fox British (MGM) Director: Alex Bryce Producer/Screenwriter: Michael Barringer Script: Based on the novel THEY SHALL REPAY (UNION JACK issue 1,378) by G. H. Teed Cast: George Curzon as Sexton Blake Tony Sympson as Tinker Lorraine Gray as Mlle. Roxanne Edgar Norfolk as Inspector Thomas Ian Fleming as Henry Norman Note 3 Raymond Lovell as the Captain Vincent Holman as Carruthers Wilson Coleman as Pierre Story: Mlle. Roxanne robs the crooked financier who ruined her father.  SEXTON BLAKE AND THE HOODED TERRORMonochrome — Sound Released: February 1938 Film Company: MGM Director: George King Script: Based on the novel by Pierre Quiroule Screenplay: A.R. Rawlinson George Curzon as Sexton Blake Tony Sympson as Tinker Tod Slaughter as Michael Larron Greta Gynt as Mlle. Julie Marie Wright as Mrs. Bardell Norman Pierce as Inspector Bramley David Farrar as Granite Grant Story: Sexton Blake unmasks a millionaire stamp collector as the head of a hooded gang. MEET SEXTON BLAKE Monochrome — Sound Released: October 1944 Film Company: British National Strand (Anglo) Producer: Louis H. Jackson Director: John Harlow Script: John Harlow David Farrar as Sexton Blake John Varley as Tinker Magda Kun as Mlle. Yvonne Gordon McLeod as Inspector Venner Manning Whiley as Raoul Sudd Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Bardell Dennis Arundell as Johann Sudd Cyril Smith as Belford Ferdy Mayne as Slant-Eyes Betty Huntley-Wright as Nobby Jean Simmons as Eva Watkins Note 4 Roddy Hughes Charles Farrell Tony Arpino Charles Rolfe Story: A crook steals his brother's formula for a new airplane alloy. Sexton Blake is called in to investigate by the War Office. THE ECHO MURDERS Monochrome — Sound Released: September 1945 Film Company: British National Strand (Anglo) Producer: Louis H. Jackson Director: John Harlow Script: John Harlow Cast: David Farrar as Sexton Blake Dennis Price as Dick Warren Pamela Stirling as Stella Duncan Julien Mitchell as James Duncan Cyril Smith as P.C. Smith Dennis Arundell as Rainsford Ferdy Mayne as Dacier Johnnie Schofield as Purvis Paul Croft as Marat Kynaston Reeves as Beales Desmond Roberts as Cotter Danny Green as Carl Patric Curwen as Dr. Grey Tony Arpino as Fox Vincent Holman as Col. Wills Story: In Cornwall, Sexton Blake stages his own death to catch Nazis who have taken over tin mines. MURDER AT SITE THREE Monochrome — Sound Released: August 1959 Film Company: Francis Searle (RFI) Producer: Charles Leeds Director: Francis Searle Script: Based on the novel CRIME IS MY BUSINESS by W. Howard Baker Cast: Geoffrey Toone as Sexton Blake Jill Melford as Paula Dane Richard Burrell as Tinker Harry Towb as Kenney Story: Sexton Blake smashes an espionage ring operating within Britain's space program with the help of a truth serum which he develops himself. Note 1 C. Douglas Carlile played Sexton Blake on film and stage. He was still treading the boards as the Baker Street detective as late as 1931. Note 2 Fred Evans and his elder brother, Joe, produced several series of short comedy films between 1912 and 1918, the most popular being the long-running Pimple series, with the lead role being played by Fred himself. They both wrote and directed, with Joe playing other parts as required. Their parodies became extraordinarily popular, with the brothers gleefully lampooning topical issues and practically every important film and play of the times. By the mid-1910s they were producing six films a month (Fred claimed they made over 200 in all). Note 3 Not to be confused with the creator of James Bond. Note 4 This marks a very early appearance for the actress who would later became a great Hollywood star. |