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.
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
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
