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The Shop at Sly Corner   1947         N/R, 92 min. Genre: Drama aka: Code of Scotland Yard Director: George King   Cast: Oskar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow, Manning Whiley, Kathleen Harrison, Garry Marsh, Kenneth Griffith, Jan Van Loewen, Irene Handl, Johnnie Schofield, Diana Dors, Katie Johnson, Eliot Makeham   Antique dealer Descius Heiss (Oskar Homolka) is hiding the fact that he is an escaped convict. But, his bookkeeper Robert Graham (Derek Farr) has caught on and is blackmailing him. In order to protect his concert violinist daughter Margaret (Muriel Pavlow), whose career would suffer if her father's past was revealed, Descius kills Farr. Later, when Scotland Yard investigates the murder, Descius commits suicide—one more desperate act aimed at protecting Margaret. Cast Oskar Homolka Descius Heiss Derek Farr Robert Graham Muriel Pavlow Margaret Heiss Manning Whiley Corder Morris Kathleen Harrison Mrs. Catt Garry Marsh Maj. Elliot Kenneth Griffith Archie Fellowes Jan Van Loewen Prof. Vanetti Irene Handl Ruby Towser Johnnie Schofield Inspector Robson Diana Dors Mildred Katie Johnson Music Box Seller Eliot Makeham Concert Hall Usher