Top billed cast

1. 

   Jack Hawkins

   Supt Tom Halliday

2. 

   John Stratton

   Sergeant Ward

3. 

   Dorothy Alison

   Mary Halliday

4. 

   Michael Brooke

   Tony Halliday

5. 

   Sam Kydd

   Police Constable in Information Room

6. 

   Glyn Houston

   Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car

7. 

   Richard Leech

   Nightwatchman / Gilson

8. 

   Newton Blick

   Deputy Commander

9. 

   Geoffrey Keen

   Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2016-08-07

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,...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• detective
• scotland yard
• film noir