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The Long Arm(Movie, 1956)

NR
| 1h 36min | Genres: Mystery, Drama
The Long ArmRating: 3.5/5 (with 88 votes)
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. ()
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About The Long Arm

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), Greek (EL), English (EN), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 06/02/1957 (World premiere: 06/01/1956)
Director: Charles Frend
Producer: Michael Balcon
Screenwriter: Robert Barr
Director of Photography: Gordon Dines
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"더 롱 암"
"The Third Key"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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