Gideon's Day

Gideon's Day

91 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action | March 25, 1958

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.

Gideon's Day

91 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action | March 25, 1958

Gideon's Day
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Columbia British Productions
Original title Gideon's Day
Directors John Ford
Writers John Creasey, T. E. B. Clarke

Cast

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 / 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

Michael Shepley

as Sir Rupert Bellamy

Joan Ingram

as Lady Bellamy

John Le Mesurier

as Barrister