Talk:The Long Arm (film)

The writer of this film…

In the box, the writer Robert Barr links to the page for a Scottish-Canadian author who dies in 1912. Did he have any input into the story (was the film based on a book or short story, re-set in the “present day” (well 1956)?), or was the link made incorrectly? It strikes me (and this is purely opinion) that there is more than a touch of John Creasey to the style of the story, and with the presence of Jack Hawkins this plays very much like a trial run for the “Gideon” movies; could there be some connection, was John Creasey involved or was someone aping his style? As a further note, this film turns on the character of the insurance agent - named “Creasey”… Jock123 (talk) 14:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)