"The True Inside Story of Scotland Yard's Crime Busters!"01 June 1956Thriller, Crime, Mystery96 mins
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.
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw.
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
When the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren't the only things that are spooky.
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands.
A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a locket with both their pictures in it as a remembrance of the wife's stunning beauty.
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier.
Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.
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The Long Arm (1956) - on the trail in Wales
In this sequence from the Ealing film 'The Long Arm' Supt Halliday (Jack Hawkins) and Sgt Ward (John Stratton) continue to hunt down the thief who has been ...
The Long Arm (1956) - hit and run
In this scene from the Ealing film Ian Bannen plays a man run down after a robbery; Richard Leech plays the burglar.
The Long Arm (1956) - the opening scenes
The opening scenes of the Ealing production The Long Arm wtih Jack Hawkins.
The Long Arm (1956) - the getaway car is found
In this sequence from the Ealing film the getaway car that was used to run over a pedestrian is found providing Supt Halliday (Jack Hawkins) with new leads.
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Principal scenes from this kids' film, minus all shots featuring Sabu, were also used in the semi-adult film "Untamed Mistress", made and released by the same people in the same year.
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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