| The Long Arm | |
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| Directed by | Charles Frend |
| Written by | Robert Barr Janet Green |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Jack Hawkins |
| Cinematography | Gordon Dines |
| Edited by | Gordon Stone |
| Music by | Gerard Schurmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.[2] 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.
- ^ The Times, 22 June 1956, page 2: First advert for The Long Arm, running at Gaumont Haymarket; found in The Times Digital Archive 2014-06-24
- ^ "The Long Arm". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 February 2024.