The Long Arm (film)

The Long Arm
British film poster
Directed byCharles Frend
Written byRobert Barr
Janet Green
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringJack Hawkins
CinematographyGordon Dines
Edited byGordon Stone
Music byGerard Schurmann
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • June 1956 (1956-06) (UK)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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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