The Third Key
The Long Arm
1956, Film, 96 min, Crime, Drama, Mystery, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 67
The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!
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.
Directed by Charles Frend
Cast
- Jack Hawkins as Detective Superintendent Tom Halliday
- John Stratton as Detective Sergeant Ward
- Dorothy Alison as Mary Halliday
- Michael Brooke as Tony Halliday
- Sam Kydd as Police Constable in Information Room
- Glyn Houston as Detective Sergeant in 'Q' car
- Richard Leech as Gilson
- Newton Blick as Deputy Commander Harris
- Geoffrey Keen as Chief Superintendent Jim Malcolm
- Sydney Tafler as Stone
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