The Crimes of Stephen Hawke is a 1936 British historical melodrama film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter, Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman. It was written by Frederick Hayward from a scenario by Paul White.

Plot

Slaughter plays a seemingly kindly money-lender who dotes on his daughter Julia. He has however a double life as the notorious 'Spine-Breaker', Victorian England's most maniacal serial killer. His nefarious activities are eventually detected by his daughter's suitor Matthew Trimble, the son of one of his victims, who after pursuing and failing to catch him somewhat charitably opines to his daughter: