''Man Detained'' is a 1961 British
crime film
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directed by
Robert Tronson
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and starring
Bernard Archard
Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances.
Early life and career
Archard was born in Fulham, London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius who was born in Maryleb ...
,
Elvi Hale
Patricia Elvira Hake (born 29 January 1931), known as Elvi Hale, is a retired British actress. She played Anne of Cleves in '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', broadcast in 1970.
Career
Raised in Romford, Essex and educated at Reed's School. Sh ...
and
Paul Stassino
Phaedros Stassinos (1930 – 28 June 2012) was a Greek Cypriot actor whose international stage name was Paul Stassino.
Early life
Stassino was born in Platres and grew up in nearby Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in England. He h ...
. Part of the long-running series of
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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films made at
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, it is loosely based on the 1916 novel ''
A Debt Discharged'' by
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
.
[Goble p.486]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Peter Mullins
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.
Cast
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Bernard Archard
Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances.
Early life and career
Archard was born in Fulham, London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius who was born in Maryleb ...
as Det. Inspector Verity
*
Elvi Hale
Patricia Elvira Hake (born 29 January 1931), known as Elvi Hale, is a retired British actress. She played Anne of Cleves in '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', broadcast in 1970.
Career
Raised in Romford, Essex and educated at Reed's School. Sh ...
as Kay Simpson
*
Paul Stassino
Phaedros Stassinos (1930 – 28 June 2012) was a Greek Cypriot actor whose international stage name was Paul Stassino.
Early life
Stassino was born in Platres and grew up in nearby Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in England. He h ...
as James Helder
*
Michael Coles as Frank Murray
*
Ann Sears as Stella Maple
*
Victor Platt
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* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
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* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
as Thomas Maple
*
Patrick Jordan
Albert Patrick Jordan (10 October 1923 – 10 January 2020) was a British stage, film and television actor.
Biography
He was born and raised in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of Margaret, a cook, and Albert Jordan, a regimental sergeant major. An ...
as Brand
*
Clifford Earl
Clifford Earl (29 August 1933 – 30 July 2015) was an English actor who appeared in numerous television programmes and films.
Early years
Earl was born Kenneth Clifford Earl on 29 August 1933 in Romney Marsh, Kent, England.
He carried out his ...
as Det. Sgt. Wentworth
*
Gerald Lawson as Old Man
*
Jean Aubrey
Jean Aubrey (1932-2008) was a British actress.
Jean Aubrey was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in 1932.
Selected filmography
* '' Date at Midnight'' as Paula Burroughs (1959)
* ''Model for Murder'' as Annabelle Meadows (1959)
* ''On th ...
as Gillian Murray
*
Gareth Davies as Police Constable
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1961 films
British crime films
1961 crime films
Films set in England
Merton Park Studios films
Films directed by Robert Tronson
Films based on British novels
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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