Scotland Yard #4

When a tired visitor named Charlie accepts Hammerhead's invitation to rest in a rocking chair, he quickly discovers the humor in his host's unusual approach to furniture maintenance. This 1956 comedy short delivers a groan-worthy punchline about exactly what makes the chair rock.

When a rival nation mysteriously obtains secret missile designs mere weeks after Britain's own laboratory completes them, Inspector Farnsworth of Scotland Yard suspects a spy has infiltrated the supposedly airtight security at Cranham. His investigation into the laboratory's visitor logs and recent repairs points to an ingenious scheme involving special glass and infrared photography—but following the lead proves far more dangerous than he anticipated.

When Hammerhead protests accusations of laziness, he comes up with an outlandish shortcut to his morning routine that leaves his companion baffled—and the humor only spirals from there in this quick-witted 1956 gag from Scotland Yard.

When a clever thief known as the Phantom begins plaguing the Duke of Berkshire's estate with a series of brazen burglaries—stealing boldly, taunting his victims, and vanishing on horseback across the moors—Inspector Farnsworth and his assistant Chipp arrive from Scotland Yard to track him down. The case grows personal when the Phantom strikes right under their noses at the inn, and Farnsworth begins to suspect his quarry's overconfidence may be the key to his capture. As the inspector hatches a plan to guard the Duke's prized Old Master painting, the mystery of the phantom thief's true identity inches toward its revelation.