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
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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