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A dedicated Scotland Yard police superintendent battles to overcome stress both at home and work, while putting his instincts and scientific knowledge to the task of catching a notorious safecracker. However, the case takes a shocking turn when the elusive criminal commits murder. Crime thriller, starring Jack Hawkins, Dorothy Alison, Geoffrey Keen and Newton Blick
1956
subtitles
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Police/Crime Drama
Cast & Crew
Jack Hawkins
(Actor)
.. DS Tom Halliday
Dorothy Alison
(Actor)
.. Mary Halliday
John Stratton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ward
Geoffrey Keen
(Actor)
.. Supt Malcolm
Newton Blick
(Actor)
.. Cdr Harris
Ralph Truman
(Actor)
.. Col Blenkinsop
Nicholas Parsons
(Actor)
.. PC Bates
Michael Brooke Jnr
(Actor)
.. Tony Halliday
Charles Frend
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jack Hawkins
(Actor)
.. DS Tom Halliday
Dorothy Alison
(Actor)
.. Mary Halliday
John Stratton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ward
Geoffrey Keen
(Actor)
.. Supt Malcolm
Newton Blick
(Actor)
.. Cdr Harris
Ralph Truman
(Actor)
.. Col Blenkinsop
Nicholas Parsons
(Actor)
.. PC Bates
Born:
October 10, 1923
in
Grantham, Lincolnshire
Best Known For:
Hosting Sale of the Century and chairing Just a Minute.
Early-life:
Born Christopher Nicholas Parsons on October 10, 1923, in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He was the son of the doctor who delivered Margaret Thatcher. He attended St Paul's School, where he excelled in Greek, Latin and rugby, and later trained to be an engineer to please his family, coping with a job he hated by amusing workmates with impressions of their boss. The acting bug bit while performing with an amateur concert party and his first professional engagement - on a radio show - came while still an apprentice engineer.
Career:
Parsons left engineering and took a job with a theatre company in Kent, where he realised comedy and character roles were his strength. Failure to gain West End work prompted him to tackle cabaret. In the 1950s he became resident comedian at the Windmill Theatre. He also did radio variety and appeared in such films as Simon and Laura and Too Many Crooks. He worked on TV series The Arthur Haynes Show and voiced Four Feather Falls, and hosted ITV quiz Sale of the Century between 1971 and 1985. Other projects include Carry On Regardless, The Wrong Box, The Benny Hill Show and Call My Bluff. He's also hosted Radio 4's Just a Minute since its inception in 1967 and has toured with a one-man show.
Quote:
'I'm a professional and I do lots of different things. I'm an actor, stand-up comedian, after dinner speaker, game show host - I do them all.'
Trivia:
He was awarded an OBE in 2003. He once held the world record for the longest after dinner speech, 11 hours for charity.
Michael Brooke Jnr
(Actor)
.. Tony Halliday
Charles Frend
(Director)
