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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 .
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Charles Frend
- 1956-06
May 28, 2016 · Drama, Mystery. Publisher. The Rank Organisation. Title: The Third Key. Summary: Police drama. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. Directed by: Charles Frend. Actors: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison. Production Company: The Rank Organisation.
- 93 min
The Long Arm is Ealing Studios' 1956 tribute to the detective work of Scotland Yard, six years after their famous film The Blue Lamp, which put the spotlight on the 'bobby on the beat'. Directed by Charles Frend, it was one of his last films for Ealing before they sold the studios two years later.
After an elusive burglar robs a safe and leaves innocent victims in his wake, police detective Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins) is on the case, meticulously following up every possible lead.
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- Charles Frend
- Crime, Drama
- Jack Hawkins
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.
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.
