The Long Arm
Charles Frend1956-06-01
The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!
6.929
96 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jack Hawkins | Supt Tom Halliday | Unowned |
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John Stratton | Sergeant Ward | Unowned |
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Dorothy Alison | Mary Halliday | Unowned |
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Michael Brooke | Tony Halliday | Unowned |
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Sam Kydd | Police Constable in Information Room | Unowned |
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Glyn Houston | Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car | Unowned |
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Richard Leech | Nightwatchman / Gilson | Unowned |
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Newton Blick | Deputy Commander | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Keen | Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm | Unowned |
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Sydney Tafler | Stone | Unowned |
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Peter Burton | Creasey | Unowned |
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George Rose | Slob | Unowned |
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Arthur Rigby | Detective Inspector at Chester | Unowned |
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Ralph Truman | Colonel Blenkinsop | Unowned |
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Ian Bannen | The Young Workman - Stanley James | Unowned |
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Maureen Davis | The Young Workman's Wife - Mrs. James | Unowned |
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John Warwick | Detective Inspector at Shipping Office | Unowned |
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Joss Ambler | Cashier at Shipping Office | Unowned |
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Barry Keegan | Detective Constable in Hospital Ward | Unowned |
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Alec McCowen | House Surgeon | Unowned |
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Harry Locke | Secondhand Dealer | Unowned |
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Nicholas Parsons | Police Constable Bates | Unowned |
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Warwick Ashton | Newspaper Circulation Manager | Unowned |
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Ursula Howells | Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson | Unowned |
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David Davies | Welsh Police Constable | Unowned |
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Julie Milton | Welsh Newsagent's Daughter | Unowned |
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Meredith Edwards | Mr. Thomas | Unowned |
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Harold Goodwin | Official at Somerset House | Unowned |
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John Welsh | House Agent at Shepperton | Unowned |
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Gillian Webb | Housewife at Shepperton | Unowned |
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Maureen Delaney | Mrs. Stevens, the daily help | Unowned |
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Jameson Clark | Detective Superintendent Ogilvie | Unowned |
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William Mervyn | Manager of Festival Hall | Unowned |
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Vincent Ball | P.C. at Hospital (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Davies | Detective (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frazer Hines | Urchin (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stratford Johns | Constable (uncredited) | Unowned |
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David Lodge | Detective at Car Lot (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Guy Standeven | Detective (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frederick Treves | Detective tailing Creasey (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Welch | CID Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Martin Wyldeck | Officer in Criminal Records Department (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dennis Carnell | Unowned | |
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Edward Cast | Unowned | |
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Michael Collins | Unowned | |
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Fred Davis | Unowned | |
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Jack Dearlove | Unowned | |
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Robert Gregory | Unowned | |
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Fred Griffiths | Unowned | |
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Patrick Halpin | Unowned | |
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Aidan Harrington | Unowned | |
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George Holdcroft | Unowned | |
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Lindsay Hooper | Unowned | |
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Arthur Howell | Unowned | |
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Colin McKenzie | Unowned | |
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Jack McNaughton | Unowned | |
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Robert Moor | Unowned | |
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Fred Nicholas | Unowned | |
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John Paul | Unowned | |
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Roy Purcell | Unowned | |
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Charles Rayford | Unowned | |
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Anthony Richmond | Unowned | |
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Pat Ryan | Unowned | |
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Philip Stewart | Unowned | |
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Meadows White | Unowned | |
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John Wilder | Detective (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sonnie Wills | Unowned |