Film
Gideon's Day
United Kingdom- Director
- John Ford
- Year
- 1958
24 Tension-Taut Hours in the Life of a Top Crime Fighter!
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.
Top cast
Jack Hawkins
Insp. George Gideon
Anna Lee
Mrs. Kate Gideon
Anna Massey
Sally Gideon
Andrew Ray
PC Simon Farnaby-Green
Dianne Foster
Joanna Delafield
Cyril Cusack
Herbert 'Birdie' Sparrow
James Hayter
Robert Mason
Derek Bond
Det. Sgt. Eric Kirby
Howard Marion-Crawford
The Chief
John Loder
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Barry Keegan
Riley
Frank Lawton
Det. Sgt. Liggot
Michael Trubshawe
Sergeant Golightly
Grizelda Hervey
Mrs. Kirby
Henry B. Longhurst
Rev. Mr. Courtney
Jack Watling
Rev. Julian Small
Maureen Potter
Mrs. Ethel Sparrow
Donal Donnelly
Feeney
Directed by
John Ford
Written by
T. E. B. Clarke
Produced by
Michael Killanin
