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Gideon's Day (1958)
Directed by John Ford
“24 Tension-Taut Hours in the Life of a Top Crime Fighter!”
Crime, Drama, Comedy · 1h 31m
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
Cast
Jack Hawkins
Insp. George Gideon
Anna Lee
Mrs. Kate Gideon
Anna Massey
Sally Gideon
Andrew Ray
PC Simon Farnaby-Green
Dianne Foster
Joanna Delafield
Cyril Cusack
Herbert 'Birdie' Sparrow
James Hayter
Robert Mason
Derek Bond
Det. Sgt. Eric Kirby
Howard Marion-Crawford
The Chief
John Loder
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Barry Keegan
Riley
Frank Lawton
Det. Sgt. Liggot
Crew
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenplay
- T. E. B. Clarke
- Novel
- John Creasey
- Director of Photography
- Freddie Young
- Original Music Composer
- Douglas Gamley
- Editor
- Raymond Poulton
- Producer
- Michael Killanin
Details
- Release date
- 1958-03-25
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Columbia British Productions