The Third Key (1956)
Jack Hawkins is starred as a gruff, intensely dedicated Scotland Yard superintendent. Working as much by instinct as through scientific methods, Hawkins and rookie sergeant John Stratton tackle the case of a string of unsolved safecrackings, committed by the elusive Richard Leech. This Dragnet approach gives way to suspense as robbery leads to murder. A neat surprise twist caps this finely honed example of British moviemaking know-how. The Long Arm was released in the U.S. as The Third Key. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Frend
Synopsis of The Third Key
Jack Hawkins is starred as a gruff, intensely dedicated Scotland Yard superintendent. Working as much by instinct as through scientific methods, Hawkins and rookie sergeant John Stratton tackle the case of a string of unsolved safecrackings, committed by the elusive Richard Leech. This Dragnet approach gives way to suspense as robbery leads to murder. A neat surprise twist caps this finely honed example of British moviemaking know-how. The Long Arm was released in the U.S. as The Third Key. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Third Key
- Jack Hawkins - Supt. Tom Halliday
- Dorothy Alison - Mary Halliday
- Sam Kydd - Police Constable
- Richard Leech - Night Watchman
- Geoffrey Keen - Supt. Malcolm
- George Rose - Informer
- Ian Bannen - Workman
- John Warwick - Detective Inspector
- Ursula Howells - Mrs. Elliot
- Stratford Johns - Constable
- William Mervyn - Festival Hall Manager
- Harold Goodwin - Somerset House Official
- Warwick Ashton
- Nicholas Parsons - Police Constable Bates
- Barry Keegan
- Maureen Delaney - Daily Help
- John Stratton - Sgt. Ward
- Michael Brooke - Tony Halliday
- Glyn Houston - Detective Sgt.
- Newton Blick - Cmdr. Harris
- Sydney Tafler - Stone
- Ralph Truman - Col. Blenkinsop
- Maureen Davis - His Wife
- Joss Ambler - Shipping Officer Cashier
- Jameson Clark
- Harry Locke - Secondhand Dealer
- John Welsh - Estate Agent
- Julie Milton
- Marianne Stone
- Alec McCowen - Surgeon
- David Davies
- Meredith Edwards - Thomas
- Director(s):
- Charles Frend
- Writer(s):
- Robert Barr, Dorothy Christie, Janet Green
- Producer(s):
- Tom Morahan
- 1956 - Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear for Outstanding Individual Performance
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