The Floating Dutchman (U.S. TV title: Clue for a Corpse) is a 1954 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler and Mary Germaine.

[3] A Scotland Yard detective goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river.

Philip Reid, a musician, is ejected from a club owned by Mr Skinner for being drunk on the job, and put in a taxi.

The film was an early product of Merton Park Studios, a British company best known for its Edgar Wallace Mysteries of the 1960s.

[5][6] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Routine crime story after the American 'B' picture style, with stereotyped adventures in some none too authentic settings.