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7.0/10
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The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Did you know
- TriviaThe last film made at Ealing Studios, London.
- GoofsAbout 6 minutes in, there is a interior shot of the Night Watchman as he begins to leave the bank with the police. As he does so he puts a black glove onto his right hand. A second later there is an exterior shot of him exiting the bank with the black glove on his left hand.
- Quotes
[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!
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: 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.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Those British Faces: A Tribute to Jack Hawkins 1910-1973 (1993)
Featured review
Anyone who likes British 1950s films MUST watch The Long Arm
The Long Arm is an excellent film in my opinion, for 2 main reasons. Firstly it captures all the elements of a typical 1950s British film, with typical London landmarks, familiar faces from other movies, and accents and a way of life portrayed from that era prior to the onset of the society-changing 1960s. Secondly the movie provides, for someone watching for the first time, a thrilling plot with several twists which keep you interested right to the end.
Hawkins is superb as the central character - with the investigation of a hit-and-run murder obviously a more serious crime in 50s London than nowadays. This is the sort of film to watch if you are off work on a midweek afternoon.
Hawkins is superb as the central character - with the investigation of a hit-and-run murder obviously a more serious crime in 50s London than nowadays. This is the sort of film to watch if you are off work on a midweek afternoon.
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- Sep 15, 2004
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Treci kljuc
- Filming locations
- Pen-Y-Gwryd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK(Mr Thomas's garage where the newspaper was delivered)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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