Chief Inspector Gideon
| Movie | |
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| German title | Chief Inspector Gideon |
| Original title | Gideon's Day |
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| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | John Ford |
| script | TEB Clarke |
| production |
Michael Killanin John Ford |
| music | Douglas Gamley |
| camera | Freddie Young |
| cut | Raymond Poulton |
| occupation | |
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Chief Inspector Gideon is a 1957 British film directed by John Ford with Jack Hawkins in the title role.
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A "normal" day in the life of the London chief inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard. The day begins with the information that one of his police officers is supposed to be bribed, and his wife reminds him that daughter Sally is giving a violin concert and that uncle and aunt want to come over for tea beforehand. On the way to the office he drops Sally off at the Royal College of Music and is then stopped by a young street policeman because of a traffic violation triviality. When he arrives at his office, he lets the police officer come to him, of whose corruption an informant had told him, and suspends the colleague. The next incident is the news that a mentally ill person has escaped from a mental hospital in Manchester and is believed to be on his way to London.
If the morning events were more about "small fish", the next event was a bank robbery by a rather brazen gang that kept the chief inspector in suspense. Meanwhile, the news comes in that the escaped lunatic has been caught, but previously murdered the daughter of his former landlady. The Scotland Yard inspector would like to personally congratulate the policeman on catching the escaped insane when he finds out that it was precisely the overzealous street policeman who read the riot act that morning because of the ridiculous traffic violation.
Gideon is busy with various other things while his subordinates try to unravel the bribery case surrounding the suspended cop colleague. Suddenly the terrible news arrives that the officer accused of corruption was run over by a vehicle. The investigation reveals that the car must be one of the getaway vehicles used for the morning bank robbery. Chief Inspector Gideon visits the widow of the deceased police officer to offer her condolences. But then a completely new suspicion arises: Was the dead, bribed policeman possibly connected with the bank robbery, the last of which was just a few hours ago? In any case, a trace of the dead leads to a woman in a bar whose husband could be behind the bank robberies. When Gideon follows up this lead and visits the woman in question, her husband is already there and brings her to keep Gideon at bay with a pistol until he has stormed off. The experienced officer keeps calm and does not dare to do anything careless in this situation.
At large again, Gideon's phone rings: a company has been attacked and the perpetrators, spoiled by their parents, have been trapped. Gideon rushes over there and grabs one of the guys. When he learns that the quite elderly night watchman was killed in the attack, Gideon loses his composure for the first time that day and hits the rude perpetrator: "You will hang for that, you rich useless!"
Gideon remembers his wife's admonishing words that he shouldn't forget his daughter's violin concerto and that the hunchbacked relatives wanted to stop by for 5 o'clock tea . It is now too late for that. When he got home, his wife Kate told him that Sally had met a lovely man. Again, it's the overzealous constable who missed Chief Inspector Gideon a ticket for crossing a traffic off road at a red light. That Simon Farnaby-Green had received a concert ticket from Sally Gideons in order to have it sent to his father "on the short official channel". At the end of the day, when they are having dinner together at the family dining table, the phone rings again. Gideon's office informs their boss that "Paul the painter", the head of the bank robber gang who had his wife held him in check that day by his wife, was caught at London Airport. Gideon then lets his future son-in-law drive him to the airport in no time at all. The young constable sitting behind the wheel is in turn stopped: he had "run over" a red traffic light in the London fog.
Production notes
Chief Inspector Gideon was filmed in London in 1957 and premiered on March 25, 1958. In Germany, the strip started on October 16, 1958.
The buildings were designed by Ken Adam , and John Graysmark was also involved in the design. Charles Lawton Jr. also took pictures. Tom Pevsner was an assistant director. Muir Mathieson was the musical director and conducted the orchestra.
Reviews
“Hawkins is personable, but the movie is incredibly boring. An amazing dud from director Ford. "
"Pleasant, ordinary little police story in the style of a television game, which nowhere bears witness to the special talent of its director."
"Detective comedy, which is characterized by pleasant tension and refreshing humor."
"Cozy British crime comedy."
Individual evidence
- ↑ At the time of shooting (1957) the death penalty still existed in Great Britain
- ^ Chief Inspector Gideon in the Lexicon of International Films
Web links
- Chief Inspector Gideon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- complete film review in the New York Times