The Long Arm (1956)
The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!
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.
- Date of release
- 1956-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Charles Frend
Casting
- Jack Hawkins — Supt Tom Halliday
- John Stratton — Sergeant Ward
- Dorothy Alison — Mary Halliday
- Michael Brooke — Tony Halliday
- Sam Kydd — Police Constable in Information Room
- Glyn Houston — Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car
- Richard Leech — Nightwatchman / Gilson
- Newton Blick — Deputy Commander
- Geoffrey Keen — Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm
- Sydney Tafler — Stone
- Peter Burton — Creasey
- George Rose — Slob
Interesting facts
The Long Arm is a 1956 British film noir police procedural crime film directed by Charles Frend and starring Jack Hawkins. It was based on a screenplay by Robert Barr and Janet Green, and produced by Michael Balcon. It was shot on location in London and Snowdonia in North Wales.
Production
It was the last film made by Ealing under its agreement with Rank.
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