''Man from Interpol'' is a 1960 TV series produced by
The Danzigers
Edward J. Danziger (1909–1999) and Harry Lee Danziger (1913–2005) were American-born brothers who produced many British films and TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s.
According to one profile "throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, their second fea ...
. The
NBC series was filmed in England and the music was scored by jazz musician
Tony Crombie.
Premise
Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's
Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...
Division at
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs, but not the City of London, the square mile that forms London's ...
, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners.
Cast
*
Richard Wyler
Richard Stapley (20 June 1923 – 5 March 2010), also known by the stage name Richard Wyler, was a British actor and writer.
Early life
Stapley was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England in 1923. A writer, Stapley published his first nove ...
as Interpol Agent Anthony Smith
*
John Longden as Superintendent Mercer
*John Serret as Inspector Gouthier / Inspector Frenay ( French Police Chief)
*Peter Allenby as Ricardi, of the Italian Carabineri
Reception
According to
BFI Screenonline
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"this uneasy attempt to graft a youthful hero (Wyler's boyish projection) on to a rugged crime-buster framework usually associated with more mature leading characters - Charles Korvin's Inspector Duval in the 1959-60 series ''
Interpol Calling
''Interpol Calling'' was a 1959 Rank Organisation and Jack Wrather Productions British television crime drama series for ITC Entertainment. The programme, which ran for one series of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, followed the adventures of ...
'' (ITV), for instance - gave ''The Man from Interpol'' little more than an air of tired hysteria."
The Danzigers
at BFI Screenonline
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References
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External links
''The Man from Interpol''
at CTVA
''The Man from Interpol''
at IMDb
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1960s British drama television series
1960 British television series debuts
1960 British television series endings
1960s British crime television series
Television shows shot at New Elstree Studios