Gun Rule
- Episode aired Oct 18, 1958
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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A gang tries to kill one of its members but a policeman gets shot by mistake.A gang tries to kill one of its members but a policeman gets shot by mistake.A gang tries to kill one of its members but a policeman gets shot by mistake.
Jack Armstrong
- Police Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
- Lou
- (uncredited)
Ned Hood
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
- The Music Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Philip Johns
- Police Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
John Kidd
- The Doctor
- (uncredited)
Sara Leighton
- Mrs. Adams
- (uncredited)
Dan Lester
- Man Carrying Violin
- (uncredited)
Frank Maher
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsThis story hinges on the British police never carrying firearms under any circumstances. But in the special case of dealing with known armed criminals, as here, of course they would.
- Crazy creditsDial 999 is made with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police and the Citizens of London.
Featured review
An enjoyable episode, one with a message about guns.
A remorseless and violent gang try to take out one of their own members, but athe Sniper managed to shoot and kill a Policemen, Maguire knows who and what he's up against, but is refused the right to carry arms.
What worked quite well was that we seemed to get the story from Maguire's view point, the character would have been used to carrying arms, and was somewhat perplexed to have been refused them, all sorts of questions can be associated with this storyline.
It felt a little like there was a political point being made here, an era where armed hold ups and robbery with violence were happening, people must have been questioning why The Police weren't armed, I wonder if there was message in this.
Eddie Byrne did a pretty good job at looking menacing, but walking around with that violin case in plain sight, he looked like a member of The Sopranos, lots of meaningful, maniacal stares.
Enjoyable, 7/10.
What worked quite well was that we seemed to get the story from Maguire's view point, the character would have been used to carrying arms, and was somewhat perplexed to have been refused them, all sorts of questions can be associated with this storyline.
It felt a little like there was a political point being made here, an era where armed hold ups and robbery with violence were happening, people must have been questioning why The Police weren't armed, I wonder if there was message in this.
Eddie Byrne did a pretty good job at looking menacing, but walking around with that violin case in plain sight, he looked like a member of The Sopranos, lots of meaningful, maniacal stares.
Enjoyable, 7/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- May 8, 2023
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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