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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.
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Feb 1, 1959
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Columbia British Productions
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Jack Hawkins
Insp. George Gideon
A
Anna Lee
Mrs. Kate Gideon
A
Anna Massey
Sally Gideon
A
Andrew Ray
PC Simon Farnaby-Green
D
Dianne Foster
Joanna Delafield
C
Cyril Cusack
Herbert 'Birdie' Sparrow
J
James Hayter
Robert Mason
D
Derek Bond
Det. Sgt. Eric Kirby
H
Howard Marion-Crawford
The Chief
J
John Loder
Ponsford 'The Duke'
B
Barry Keegan
Riley
F
Frank Lawton
Det. Sgt. Liggot
M
Michael Trubshawe
Sergeant Golightly
G
Grizelda Hervey
Mrs. Kirby
H
Henry B. Longhurst
Rev. Mr. Courtney
J
Jack Watling
Rev. Julian Small
M
Maureen Potter
Mrs. Ethel Sparrow
D
Donal Donnelly
Feeney
D
Dervis Ward
Simmo
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Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Saparelli
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