The Long Arm (1956)
- Directed by
- Charles Frend
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police detective investigates a series of burglaries that escalate into something more serious. He follows the clues from London to the Welsh mountains.
investigativemethodicaltensegrittylow-keysuspensefulnoir-ish
What happens
The Long Arm (USA title: The Third Key) is a 1956 British film noir police procedural crime film directed by Charles Frend and starring Jack Hawkins. It was based on a screenplay by Robert Barr and Janet Green, and produced by Michael Balcon. It was shot on location in London and Snowdonia in North Wales. Hawkins played a similar role in John Ford's Gideon's Day (1958), based on books by John Creasey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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