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7.0/10
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The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Did you know
- TriviaThe last film made at Ealing Studios, London.
- GoofsAbout 6 minutes in, there is a interior shot of the Night Watchman as he begins to leave the bank with the police. As he does so he puts a black glove onto his right hand. A second later there is an exterior shot of him exiting the bank with the black glove on his left hand.
- Quotes
[during the final chase, Halliday leaps onto the bonnet of the getaway car and stops it by smashing its windscreen with his truncheon; as it lurches to a halt, he falls off the bonnet onto the ground. Ward helps him up]
Detective-Sergeant Ward: Are you all right, sir?
Detective-Superintendent Tom Halliday: I'll live, I think.
Detective-Sergeant Ward: Nothing broken?
[Halliday pauses and looks mortified]
Detective-Superintendent Tom Halliday: Yes - a promise I made to let *other* people take the risks!
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: In the end credits Ursula Howells is credited twice: first as her fake character Mrs. Elliot, and then at the end as Mrs. Gilson, the wife of Gilson the criminal.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Those British Faces: A Tribute to Jack Hawkins 1910-1973 (1993)
Featured review
A small burglary affair that for its professionalism looms to great heights
A brilliant thriller, and the more brilliant for dealing only with non-violent criminality of an advanced technical kind, as the burglar in question is a professional who has worked out a system of foolproof and almost impeccable systematization of his craft, which never can exclude the human factor, though, - and naturally,. even he must commit mistakes. There is only one casualty, the young Ian Bannen in one of his first parts, and he acts it brillantly, like Errol Flynn in his first film part was a glorious dead body and nothing else. The cinematography is also excellent, and the climax is not missing. Jack Hawkins as the leading police officer is reliable as usual, and all others are also quite on the level. It's a brilliant film on a B level but rises up to A for its excellent handiwork and keeps you busy and engaged all the way, from the smallest minor details in the beginning to a sustained suspense in the end. Almost 10 points.
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- Also known as
- Treci kljuc
- Filming locations
- Pen-Y-Gwryd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK(Mr Thomas's garage where the newspaper was delivered)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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