The Long Arm (1956) on Netflix
NR19561h 36mCrimeDramaMysteryThriller
Detective Superintendent Tom Halliday and his new assistant, Detective Sergeant Ward, hunt a burglar who poses as a nightwatchman. Safes across England are opened with genuine keys.
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Plot summary
A night alarm sends police to the premises of Stone and Company in Long Acre, where a man who says he is the nightwatchman lets them search and reports nothing wrong. The technician who resets the alarm does so without contacting the management. The next morning the safe is found empty, about £8,000 gone, and it had been opened with a key. Detective Superintendent Tom Halliday and Detective Sergeant Ward take the case. The officer who answered the alarm cannot identify the man from photographs, and Stone had not reported that his nightwatchman was in hospital. Halliday gets home to Bromley late. His son is disappointed that a promised trip to the Farnborough Air Display is called off.
Cast
- Michael Brookeas Tony Halliday
- Newton Blickas Deputy Commander
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Long Arm (1956)
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- The Long Arm was the last film to be made at Ealing Studios before the studio's close-down, as the reviewer for The Monthly Film Bulletin noted when assessing the picture.
