Gideon's Day

24 Tension-Taut Hours in the Life of a Top Crime Fighter!

Categories: Crime, Drama, Comedy
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1958-03-25
Run time: 91 minute / 1:31
Director: John Ford
Writer: T. E. B. Clarke
Production Company : Columbia British Productions
Production Country: United Kingdom

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Jack Hawkins
as Insp. George Gideon
Anna Lee
as Mrs. Kate Gideon
Anna Massey
as Sally Gideon
Andrew Ray
as PC Simon Farnaby-Green
Dianne Foster
as Joanna Delafield
Cyril Cusack
as Herbert 'Birdie' Sparrow
James Hayter
as Robert Mason
Derek Bond
as Det. Sgt. Eric Kirby
Howard Marion-Crawford
as The Chief
John Loder
as Ponsford 'The Duke'
Barry Keegan
as Riley
Frank Lawton
as Det. Sgt. Liggot
Michael Trubshawe
as Sergeant Golightly
Grizelda Hervey
as Mrs. Kirby
Henry B. Longhurst
as Rev. Mr. Courtney
Jack Watling
as Rev. Julian Small
Maureen Potter
as Mrs. Ethel Sparrow
Donal Donnelly
as Feeney
Dervis Ward
as Simmo
Marjorie Rhodes
as Mrs. Saparelli
Laurence Naismith
as Arthur Sayer
Miles Malleson
as The Judge
Ronald Howard
as Paul Delafield
David Aylmer
as Manners
Brian Smith
as White-Douglas
James Hayter
as Mason
Michael Shepley
as Sir Rupert Bellamy
Joan Ingram
as Lady Bellamy
John Le Mesurier
as Barrister (uncredited)
Yvonne Mitchell
as Policewoman (uncredited)
Directing
John Ford Director

Writing
John Creasey Novel

Production
Bill Kirby Production Supervisor
Wingate Smith Associate Producer

Sound
Douglas Gamley Original Music Composer

Art
Ken Adam Art Direction

Editing
Raymond Poulton Editor

Writing
T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay

Production
Michael Killanin Producer

Camera
Freddie Young Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up
Charles Nash Makeup Artist





















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