Man Detained

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Man Detained
Man Detained.jpg
Directed by Robert Tronson
Written by Richard Harris
Based on A Debt Discharged
by Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Bert Mason
Edited by Robert Jordan Hill
Music by Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • October 1961 (1961-10)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Man Detained is a 1961 British crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale and Paul Stassino. [1] Part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is loosely based on the 1916 novel A Debt Discharged by Edgar Wallace. [2]

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Plot

Frank Murray breaks into the office safe of photographer Thomas Maple. Maple hushes up the fact that £10,000 was taken. When Murray is arrested the police find that the stolen money is counterfeit. Maple is murdered by crime boss James Helder, who had been having an affair with Maple's wife Stella, whom he then abandons. Seeking revenge, Stella alerts Detective Inspector Verity. Helder kidnaps Maple's secretary Kay Simpson because she knows too much. Verity arrests Helder and rescues Kay.

Cast

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Taut and vivid addition to the Edgar Wallace series, coolly played by Elvi Hale as the secretary who is a bit too clever for her own good. There are few surprises, but the presentation is quite sound and the thing bowls along at a smart pace." [3]

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References

  1. "Man Detained". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 246. ISBN   9783598114922.
  3. "Man Detained". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 28 (324): 171. 1 January 1961 via ProQuest.