Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard

1940
1h 5m

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An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.

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5.4/10

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Trivia
This was originally intended to be the first in a series of films based on the Mrs. Pym novels of Nigel Morland; the author would write 22 Palmyra Pym thrillers between 1935-61.

Goofs
Mrs Pym asks for someone to pass her a flashlight when an English lady especially of her age in 1940 would call it a torch as flashlight is an American word.

Quotes
Mrs Pym: Shott, there's something here smells so strong we ought to be wearing our gas masks.
Det.-Inspector Shott: Yes, the incense they used last night.
Mrs Pym: Incense me foot! I'll tell you that club is the phoniest set-up I've ever seen: Mencken's so crooked you could drop him down a well and he'd wear away the sides.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: "The Green Valley Psychic Club is an imaginary organisation invented for the purpose of the story and without any counterpart in real life"

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5/10

The New Broom

As a film this is only so-so, although it does contain some extremely atmospheric compositions by "lighting expert" (as the credits call him) Brian Langley. But in addition to early glimpses of Nigel Patrick (in his film debut) & Irene Handl it provides a meaty role for Mary Clare in the title role, probably inspired by RKO's Hildegarde Withers.

I don't recall a Mr Pym (just as I don't think the film tells us that her first name is 'Palmyra'). But Mrs Pym is refreshingly an actual Scotland Yard detective for once - albeit an extremely eccentric one constantly patronised by her colleagues - rather than yet another amateur sleuth; while Edward Lexy's Det-Inspector Shott, although always several steps behind Mrs Pym, is not the dunce James Gleason always was as the cop in the Hildegarde Withers films.