Checkmate is a 1935 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring Maurice Evans, Felix Aylmer and Evelyn Foster.

Phillip Allen is Scotland Yard detective, hunting down a gang of jewel thieves in London.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story is convincing and moves but it is clumsily developed.

"[3] Kine Weekly wrote: "An unpretentious essay in crime, this picture misses the boat because of unimaginative treatment.

The story is not at all bad, it can honestly lay claim to invention, nor is the acting: but poor direction, resulting in frequent ridiculous emphasis of the obvious, seriously damages dramatic effect.