The Long Arm

The Long Arm

1956 · 96 min · EN · NR · 6.9 (23 votes)
Dir. Charles Frend · Starring Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke, Sam Kydd, Glyn Houston · Music Gerard Schurmann

The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!

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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.

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A shadowy, rain-slicked London unfolds as meticulous detectives hunt elusive criminals. This procedural offers a gripping, atmospheric dive into post-war British crime, where every clue matters and the city itself feels like a character.

grittytensesuspensefulatmosphericsteadyclassic noirpolice proceduralblack and whitejusticedeductionurban decay
detectivescotland yardfilm noir
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