The Long Arm

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The Long Arm is a 1956 British crime film starring Jack Hawkins as a meticulous Scotland Yard detective investigating a series of ingenious safe robberies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
alternateTitle The Third Key NERFINISHED
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
character Supt. Tom Halliday NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Gordon Dines NERFINISHED
colorProcess black-and-white cinematography
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Charles Frend NERFINISHED
distributor Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editedBy Peter Tanner NERFINISHED
era 1950s British cinema
featuresOrganization Scotland Yard NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
format 35 mm film
genre crime film
police procedural film
hasTheme crime investigation
safe-cracking
leadCharacter Supt. Tom Halliday NERFINISHED
medium feature film
musicBy William Alwyn NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus police investigation
notableFor realistic depiction of police procedures
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A Scotland Yard detective investigates a series of ingenious safe robberies.
portrays meticulous Scotland Yard detective
producer Michael Balcon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1956-01-20
releaseYear 1956
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Robert Barr NERFINISHED
T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED
setIn London, England
surface form: London
sound mono
starring Dorothy Alison NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Keen NERFINISHED
Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED
John Stratton NERFINISHED
Michael Brooke NERFINISHED
title The Long Arm NERFINISHED

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Jack Hawkins notableWork The Long Arm
Charles Frend notableWork The Long Arm
Glyn Houston notableWork The Long Arm
Gordon Dines notableWork The Long Arm