The Long Arm

Name: The Long Arm
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1956-06-01
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.9

★ 6,9 /10 (23 Votes)

1956 EN 96 min

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.

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Release date

01/06/1956

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Popularity

2.0

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

Genres

Mystery Crime Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

96 min

Jack Hawkins

Supt Tom Halliday

John Stratton

Sergeant Ward

Dorothy Alison

Mary Halliday

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Michael Brooke

Tony Halliday

Sam Kydd

Police Constable in Information Room

Glyn Houston

Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car

Richard Leech

Nightwatchman / Gilson

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Newton Blick

Deputy Commander

Geoffrey Keen

Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm

Sydney Tafler

Stone

Peter Burton

Creasey

George Rose

Slob

Arthur Rigby

Detective Inspector at Chester

Ralph Truman

Colonel Blenkinsop

Ian Bannen

The Young Workman - Stanley James

Maureen Davis

The Young Workman's Wife - Mrs. James

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John Warwick

Detective Inspector at Shipping Office

Joss Ambler

Cashier at Shipping Office

Barry Keegan

Detective Constable in Hospital Ward

Alec McCowen

House Surgeon

Harry Locke

Secondhand Dealer

Nicholas Parsons

Police Constable Bates

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Warwick Ashton

Newspaper Circulation Manager

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Ursula Howells

Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

David Davies

Welsh Police Constable

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Julie Milton

Welsh Newsagent's Daughter

Meredith Edwards

Mr. Thomas

Harold Goodwin

Official at Somerset House

John Welsh

House Agent at Shepperton

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Gillian Webb

Housewife at Shepperton

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. Stevens, the daily help

Jameson Clark

Detective Superintendent Ogilvie

William Mervyn

Manager of Festival Hall

Vincent Ball

P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)

Richard Davies

Detective (uncredited)

Frazer Hines

Urchin (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

Constable (uncredited)

David Lodge

Detective at Car Lot (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Detective (uncredited)

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Frederick Treves

Detective tailing Creasey (uncredited)

Peter Welch

CID Man (uncredited)

Martin Wyldeck

Officer in Criminal Records Department (uncredited)

Dennis Carnell

Edward Cast

Michael Collins

Fred Davis

Jack Dearlove

Robert Gregory

Fred Griffiths

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Patrick Halpin

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Aidan Harrington

George Holdcroft

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Lindsay Hooper

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Arthur Howell

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Colin McKenzie

Jack McNaughton

Robert Moor

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Fred Nicholas

John Paul

Roy Purcell

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Charles Rayford

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Anthony Richmond

Pat Ryan

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Philip Stewart

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Meadows White

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John Wilder

Detective (uncredited)

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Sonnie Wills

Original Soundtrack

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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 safe cracking robberies. Which in turn turns into a murder investigation. Out of Ealing Studios, this is a little cracker of a police procedural detective mystery. The flow of the investigation is natural, not given over to wild implausibilities,…

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