Gideons Day Blu-Ray

From director John Ford (The Last Hurrah) comes Gideon’s Day, a tense police procedural starring Jack Hawkins (Fortune Is a Woman), Dianne Foster (The Brothers Rico), and Cyril Cusack (The Taming of the Shrew).

Crooked colleagues, escaped lunatics, bloody payroll heists, overzealous junior officers, and a gang of aristocratic bank robbers... All in a day's work for Detective Inspector George Gideon (Hawkins). And all obstacles preventing him from attending his daughter’s violin recital.

Known in the US as Gideon of Scotland Yard, Gideon’s Day was shot on location in London by the great Freddie Young (Lawrence of Arabia, The Deadly Affair), and is adapted from the first novel in the best-selling series by legendary crime writer John Creasey (aka J J Marric).

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

4K restoration

Original mono audio

Two presentations of the film: Gideon’s Day, with the original UK title sequence, and Gideon of Scotland Yard, with the alternative US titles

Audio commentary with film historian Charles Barr (2020)

The BEHP Interview with Freddie Young (1987, 91 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated cinematographer in conversation with Alan Lawson and Roy Fowler

Milk & Sugar (2020, 10 mins): video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: Himself and His Movies

Meet the Wife (2020): continuity supervisor Elaine Schreyeck recollects her time working with Ford

Leonard Maltin on ‘Gideon’s Day’ (2014, 4 mins): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian

A Day to Remember (2020, 29 mins): appreciation by Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London

John Ford and Lindsay Anderson at the NFT (1957, 5 mins, silent): rare footage of Ford visiting London’s National Film Theatre during the production of Gideon’s Day

Gideon’s London (2020, 4 mins): video guide to the film’s locations

Original UK theatrical trailer

Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing