GIDEON'S DAY
aka Gideon of Scotland Yard
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY MICHAEL KILLANIN/ WINGATE SMITH
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
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 a payroll robbery and,
then, helps break up a bank robbery.
His long day ends when he arrives at home and finds
that his daughter has a date with the policeman
who gave him a ticket that morning.
Written by Les Adams
Full Cast
Jack Hawkins ... Insp. George Gideon
Dianne Foster ... Joanna Delafield
Cyril Cusack ... Herbert 'Birdie' Sparrow
Andrew Ray ... PC Simon Farnaby-Green
James Hayter ... Robert Mason
Ronald Howard ... Paul Delafield
Howard Marion-Crawford ... Chief of Scotland Yard
Laurence Naismith ... Arthur Sayer
Derek Bond ... Det. Sgt. Eric Kirby
Grizelda Harvey ... Mrs. Kirby (as Grizelda Hervey)
Frank Lawton ... Det. Sgt. Frank Liggott
Anna Lee ... Mrs. Kate Gideon
John Loder ... Ponsford (the Duke)
Doreen Madden ... Miss Courtney
Miles Malleson ... Judge at Old Bailey
Marjorie Rhodes ... Mrs. Rosie Saparelli
Michael Shepley ... Sir Rupert Bellamy
Michael Trubshawe ... Sgt. Golly
Jack Watling ... Rev. Julian Small
Anna Massey ... Sally Gideon
Bart Allison ... Policeman (uncredited)
David Aylmer ... Manners (uncredited)
Hermione Bell ... Dolly Saparelli (uncredited)
Robert Bruce ... Defending Barrister (uncredited)
Diana Chesney ... Barmaid (uncredited)
Francis Crowdy ... Mr. Fitzhubert (uncredited)
Mary Donevan ... Usherette (uncredited)
Donal Donnelly ... Feeney (uncredited)
Patrick Ellis ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Nigel Fitzgerald ... Insp. Cameron (uncredited)
Peter Godsell ... Jimmy (uncredited)
Helen Goss ... Woman Employer (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths ... Cashier (uncredited)
Stewart Guidotti ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Gordon Harris ... CID Man (uncredited)
Alastair Hunter ... Employer #2 (uncredited)
Joan Ingram ... Lady Bellamy (uncredited)
Barry Keegan ... Riley - Chauffeur (uncredited)
James Langley ... Minor Role (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier ... Prosecuting Barrister (uncredited)
Henry B. Longhurst ... Rev. Mr. Courtney (uncredited)
Charles Maunsell ... Mr. Walker (uncredited)
Michael O'Duffy ... Policeman (uncredited)
Maureen Potter ... Ethel Sparrow (uncredited)
Derek Prentice ... Employer #1 (uncredited)
Robert Raglan ... Dawson (uncredited)
Malcolm Ranson ... Ronnie Gideon (uncredited)
Mavis Ranson ... Jane Gideon (uncredited)
Susan Richmond ... Aunt May (uncredited)
Alan Rolfe ... CID Man at Hospital (uncredited)
Raymond Rollett ... Uncle Dick (uncredited)
Stuart Saunders ... Chancery Lane Policeman (uncredited)
Michael Scoble ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Hennie Scott ... Minor Role (uncredited)
O'Donovan Shiell ... Policeman (uncredited)
Brian Smith ... White-Douglas (uncredited)
David Storm ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Dervis Ward ... Simmo - Street Tough (uncredited)
John Warwick ... Insp. Gillick (uncredited)
Billie Whitelaw ... Christine (uncredited)
Peter Wood ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Writing Credits
John Creasey (novel "Gideon's Day") (as J.J. Marric)
T.E.B. Clarke (screenplay)
Original Music
Douglas Gamley
Cinematography
Freddie Young
Charles Lawton Jr. (uncredited)
Filming Location
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK