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The Long Arm

  • 1956
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
7.0/10
1.5 k
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The Long Arm (1956)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Los detectives de Scotland Yard intentan resolver una serie de robos.Los detectives de Scotland Yard intentan resolver una serie de robos.Los detectives de Scotland Yard intentan resolver una serie de robos.

  • Dirección
    • Charles Frend
  • Guionistas
    • Robert Barr
    • Janet Green
    • Dorothy Christie
  • Elenco
    • Jack Hawkins
    • John Stratton
    • Dorothy Alison
  • Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro
  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    7.0/10
    1.5 k
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    • Dirección
      • Charles Frend
    • Guionistas
      • Robert Barr
      • Janet Green
      • Dorothy Christie
    • Elenco
      • Jack Hawkins
      • John Stratton
      • Dorothy Alison
    • 33Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 3Opiniones de los críticos
  • Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro
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    • Nominada a1 premio BAFTA
      • 1 premio ganado y 1 nominación en total

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    Jack Hawkins
    Jack Hawkins
    • Detective Superintendent Tom Halliday
    John Stratton
    John Stratton
    • Detective Sergeant Ward
    Dorothy Alison
    Dorothy Alison
    • Mary Halliday
    Michael Brooke
    • Tony Halliday
    Sam Kydd
    Sam Kydd
    • Police Constable in Information Room
    Glyn Houston
    Glyn Houston
    • Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car
    Richard Leech
    Richard Leech
    • Nightwatchman…
    Newton Blick
    • Deputy Commander Harris
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Stone
    Peter Burton
    Peter Burton
    • Creasey
    George Rose
    George Rose
    • Slob
    Arthur Rigby
    • Detective Inspector at Chester
    Ralph Truman
    Ralph Truman
    • Colonel Blenkinsop
    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • The Young Workman - Stanley James
    Maureen Davis
    • The Young Workman's Wife - Mrs. James
    John Warwick
    John Warwick
    • Detective Inspector at Shipping Office
    Joss Ambler
    Joss Ambler
    • Cashier at Shipping Office
    • Dirección
      • Charles Frend
    • Guionistas
      • Robert Barr
      • Janet Green
      • Dorothy Christie
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    Opiniones de usuarios33

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    8hitchcockthelegend

    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, and always the air of mystery is potent. On the outskirts of the investigation there's a running thread about how policemen's wives/girlfriends suffer in their own ways, their men are married to the force, and this is delicately handled by the makers. While the moments of wry levity are not misplaced. Production is spiffing, with a number of London locations vibrantly used and given a film noir sheen by Dines (The Blue Lamp), while Frend (Scott of the Antarctic) keeps it tight and interesting whilst getting grand perfs from the cast - notably a wonderfully regal Hawkins.

    So if you are looking for an old time British policer that doesn't insult your intelligence, then you need look no further. 8/10
    8MIKE-WILSON6

    A superior police drama.

    In this cracking black and white police drama, Ealing comes up trumps yet again. Made in 1956, with good locations in and around London, the story concerns Jack Hawkins, as Superintendent Halliday, who has to track down, a very clever cat burglar, who is an expert in disguises.

    What makes this film so interesting, is that Hawkins, trying to reproduce the character, made a similar film, 2 years later, called 'Gideon of Scotland Yard', which was shot in colour by the great John Ford. Where 'Long Arm' succeeded in every way, 'Gideon' was a shambles. It just proves that the one of greatest directors in Hollywood history, and a good cast , are hamstrung, without a reasonable script. 'Long Arm' holds you in suspense right up the final scene, even when you know, that the cinema code of the day, will not allow the villain to escape. A good supporting cast from a large range of well known British actors, makes this film a must to see. 8 out of 10.
    8robert-temple-1

    Good solid stuff.

    This is a superb police detection drama, with Jack Hawkins as the warm-hearted focus of a rather complex crime saga. The best supporting performance is by Ursula Howells, who brilliantly conveys neurotic menace and desperation in just a few scenes. The young Ian Bannen is killed off very quickly, but already in this early appearance we can see his superior qualities working on screen. This 1956 British film is clearly an attempt to emulate the 1940s and 1950s Hollywood films such as 'The House on 92nd Street', directed by Henry Hathaway, since it also portrays stolid and patient police work, shown in loving detail. There are no 'noir' elements to this drama, and the crime is just crime, with no psychology or angst. The plot has some intriguing novelties. In the first safe robbery at the beginning of the film, the thief remains at the scene of the crime and pretends to be a night watchman, lets the police in, shows sympathy and bewilderment, and then makes his escape after they have gone. The whole case really is a brain-teaser, and well worth viewing by any chess player or detective enthusiast. It is a superior British film of its genre.
    7JurorNumberThirteen

    An undiscovered gem

    Very solid brit crime drama. Fine performance from Jack Hawkins. Thankfully, not so much stiff upper lip as we were used, the humour between Hawkins and his sidekick the John Stratton bubbles along and the mechanics of the plot is nicely constructed and presented. A veritable glut of fine British actors both future stars like Ian Bannon and Stratford Johns and small part favourites like Sam Kydd and Harold Goodwin. Also keep an eye out for a young Nicholas Parsons playing a copper. If you're a resident of London it will be fascinating looking at the sites of our capital and seeing how much it has changed. An undiscovered gem worth digging out
    8Gerald-5

    A logical story

    Apart from the unique acting style of Jack Hawkins (before his so sad illness), one thing which marks this film out from modern detective yarns is that the detective work follows logical sequences - little depends on chance and nothing on fantastic coincidences.

    It is a rattling good yarn - I only wish the same could be said of todays films.

    And the supporting cast!!! Ian Bannen gets run over and killed and (Sir) Alec McCowan is an unimportant doctor. But everyone has to start somewhere.

    Those were the days

    Gerald (aged 72)

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    • Trivia
      The last film made at Ealing Studios, London.
    • Errores
      When a kid try to sell a new car's lamp, the policeman took him back to the junk yard and the lamp is still in car.

      Sorry, not a goof. The two lamps on the front of the damaged car are the headlights, or lamps if you prefer. The boy had taken the fog lamp off the car. The fog lamp was a third lamp as may be seen at 34 mins when the collision occurs. The fog lamp is clearly seen on the nearside just above the bumper. When the car is on on the dump, the fog lamp is not there.
    • Citas

      [during the final chase, Halliday leaps onto the bonnet of the getaway car and stops it by smashing its windscreen with his truncheon; as it lurches to a halt, he falls off the bonnet onto the ground. Ward helps him up]

      Detective-Sergeant Ward: Are you all right, sir?

      Detective-Superintendent Tom Halliday: I'll live, I think.

      Detective-Sergeant Ward: Nothing broken?

      [Halliday pauses and looks mortified]

      Detective-Superintendent Tom Halliday: Yes - a promise I made to let *other* people take the risks!

    • Créditos curiosos
      SPOILER: In the end credits Ursula Howells is credited twice: first as her fake character Mrs. Elliot, and then at the end as Mrs. Gilson, the wife of Gilson the criminal.
    • Conexiones
      Referenced in The Kiss (1958)

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      • junio de 1956 (Reino Unido)
    • País de origen
      • Reino Unido
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    • También se conoce como
      • The Third Key
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Pen-Y-Gwryd, Gwynedd, Gales, Reino Unido(Mr Thomas's garage where the newspaper was delivered)
    • Productora
      • Ealing Studios
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 36 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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