The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield is a 1968 German crime film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Götz George, Werner Pochath and Anthony Steel. [1] It was one of a number of movies Steel made in Europe while based in Rome. [2]
A drug addicted man takes over a British police station, holding it hostage with a bottle of nitroglycerine. He demands to see Inspector Blomfeld, but the Inspector is away dealing with another case.
Actor | Character |
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Götz George | Eddie Blomfield |
Werner Pochath | Johnny Smith |
Anthony Steel | Arthur Baker |
Walter Barnes | Insp. Fred Lancaster |
Ingeborg Schöner | Mrs. Gilespie |
Eddi Arent | Sgt. Harry Colman |
Gert Günther Hoffmann | Mac O'Hara |
Siegfried Wischnewski | Insp. Sterling |
Karl Schönböck | Col. Lister |
Herbert Fux | Blincky Smith |
Leopold Rudolf | Shakespeare |
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