The Long Arm

The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!

6.919561h 36m

Released

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

StatusReleased

Release Date1956-06-01

Runtime1h 36m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Keywords

detective

scotland yard

film noir

Cast & Crew

Jack Hawkins

as Supt Tom Halliday

John Stratton

as Sergeant Ward

Dorothy Alison

as Mary Halliday

Michael Brooke

as Tony Halliday

Sam Kydd

as Police Constable in Information Room

Glyn Houston

as Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car

Richard Leech

as Nightwatchman / Gilson

Newton Blick

as Deputy Commander

Geoffrey Keen

as Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm

Sydney Tafler

as Stone

Reviews

John Chard

Aug 7, 2016

8/10

The key is to follow the key! The Long Arm is directed by Charles Frend and written by Janet Green and Robert Barr. It stars Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison and Michael Brooke. Music is by Gerard Schurmann and cinematography by Gordon Dines. Detective-Superintendent Tom Halliday (Hawkins) heads up an investigation into a number of…

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