''Interpol'' (known in the U.S. as ''Pickup Alley'') is a 1957 British

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crime film noir shot in CinemaScope and starring

Victor Mature Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include ''One Million B.C.'' (1940), '' My Darlin ...

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and

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. It concerns an

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effort to stamp out a major drug-smuggling cartel in numerous countries. Mature plays an American narcotics officer, with Howard as a drug baron. One review described the film as a "feeble thriller," although it praised Howard's performance. In the United States, the film was released as a double feature with '' The Brothers Rico''.

Plot

Charles Sturgis is an

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agent on the trail of a drug-smuggling operation. The crazed criminal mastermind Frank McNally has strangled Sturgis' sister to death. Gina Broger is Frank's beautiful courier.

Cast

as Charles Sturgis *

as Gina Broger *

as Frank McNally *

as Amalio *

Dorothy Alison Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress Biography Dorothy Alison was born in the New South Wales mining city of Broken Hill and educated at Sydney Girls High School. She moved t ...

as Helen *

André Morell Cecil André Mesritz (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978), known professionally as André Morell, was an English actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as ...

as Commissioner Breckner * Martin Benson as Captain Varolli *

Eric Pohlmann Eric Pohlmann (german: Erich Pohlmann; born Erich Pollak; 18 July 1913 – 25 July 1979) was an Austrian theatre, film and television character actor who worked mostly in the United Kingdom. He is known for voicing Ernst Stavro Blofeld, th ...

as Etienne Fayala *

Peter Illing Peter Illing (4 March 1899 – 29 October 1966) was an Austrian-born British film and television actor. Selected TV series * '' Deadline Midnight'' (1961) as Captain Dnieprovsky * '' The Saint'' (1962) as Inspector Buono Filmography * '' The S ...

as Captain Baris *

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as Curtis *

Lionel Murton William Lionel Murton (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an English character actor. Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was c ...

as Murphy * Danny Green as Second Bartender *

Alec Mango Alec Mango (16 March 1911 – 7 November 1989) was an English actor. He is best known for portraying El Supremo in the 1951 ''Captain Horatio Hornblower'', he also appeared in '' South of Algiers'' (1953), ''The Strange World of Planet X'' (195 ...

as Salko *

as Joe as First Bartender *

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as Guido Martinelli *

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as Kalish

Production

The film was produced by Warwick Productions, who had previously released ''

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'', also starring Victor Mature and Anita Ekberg.

Michael Wilding Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, '' Under Capric ...

was originally announced for the role later played by Trevor Howard. The story was based on the files of the

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. Filming began on 15 August 1956 and took place in New York, Paris, Rome, Genoa (Italy), Madrid, London and Athens.

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* * * * * 1957 films 1957 crime drama films Films shot at Associated British Studios Films directed by John Gilling Columbia Pictures films CinemaScope films British black-and-white films British crime drama films Films about the illegal drug trade Films scored by Richard Rodney Bennett Films set in Athens Films set in Lisbon Films set in Naples Films set in Rome British drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{crime-drama-film-stub

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