The Third Key (1956)

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Country: UK
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1956-06-01
Director: Charles Frend
Writers: Robert Barr , Janet Green , Dorothy Christie , Campbell Christie
Language: English
Stars: Jack Hawkins , John Stratton , Dorothy Alison , Michael Brooke , Sam Kydd , Glyn Houston , Richard Leech , Richard Leech , Newton Blick , Geoffrey Keen , Sydney Tafler
Runtime: 96 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
AKA: Lovens lange arm (Norway) , The Long Arm (Singapore) , S.O.S. Scotland Yard (France, French Republic) , La lunga mano (Italy) , The Long Arm (United Kingdom) , O Segredo e a Chave (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Long Arm , The Third Key (Canada) , Der lange Arm , Pitkä käsi (Finland) , Falske nøgler (Denmark) , A hosszú kéz (Hungary) , To makry heri (Greece) , Scotland Yard - Schrecken der Unterwelt (Austria) , Justiça Final (Brazil) , Длинная рука , Üçüncü anahtar (Turkey) , The Long Arm (Australia) , Den långa armen (Sweden) , 더 롱 암 (Korea) , The Third Key (United States of America) , Politie zonder wapen (Netherlands the) , Treci kljuc , S.O.S. Scotland Yard (Belgium)
Plot: Someone has broken into the safe of a London company, and yet no force or explosive was used, and the keys do not appear to have been lost. A police superintendent is investigating, assisted by a new and very keen sergeant. The superintendent's wife is worried that he may be in personal danger, and the superintendent is not always mindful of the need to reassure his wife. Then a safe in another business is also robbed without the use of force, but the robber's getaway car runs down a bystander, who later dies. There seems to be nothing to link the crimes, but then the getaway car is found abandoned in a scrap yard. A discarded newspaper in the car may be a crucial lead in solving the crime, but there isn't much to go on.
IMDB:tt0049845