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

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and starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano and Sid James. It concerns an Interpol 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

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Charles Sturgis is an FBI 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

* Victor Mature as Charles Sturgis * Anita Ekberg as Gina Broger * Trevor Howard as Frank McNally * Bonar Colleano as Amalio * Dorothy Alison as Helen * André Morell as Commissioner Breckner * Martin Benson as Captain Varolli * Eric Pohlmann as Etienne Fayala * Peter Illing as Captain Baris * Sydney Tafler as Curtis * Lionel Murton as Murphy * Danny Green as Second Bartender * Alec Mango as Salko * Sid James as Joe as First Bartender * Marne Maitland as Guido Martinelli * Harold Kasket as Kalish

Production

The film was produced by Warwick Productions, who had previously released '' Zarak'', also starring Victor Mature and Anita Ekberg. Michael Wilding was originally announced for the role later played by Trevor Howard. The story was based on the files of the International Criminal Police Commission. Filming began on 15 August 1956 and took place in New York, Paris, Rome, Genoa (Italy), Madrid, London and Athens.

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