Gideon's Day
24 Tension-Taut Hours in the Life of a Top Crime Fighter!
1958 · 1h 31m · APPROVED
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
John Ford
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John Ford Director
- 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'
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