Man from Interpol | |
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Starring | Richard Wyler John Longden |
Composer | Tony Crombie |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Producers | Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger |
Running time | 30 mins |
Production company | The Danzigers |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | 30 January – 22 October 1960 |
Man from Interpol is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers. [1] The NBC series was filmed in England [2] and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie.
Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners.
The following is a list of episodes.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Nest of Vipers" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | January 30, 1960 |
2 | "The Feathered Friend" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | February 6, 1960 |
3 | "Soul Peddlers" | Max Varnel | George St. George | February 13, 1960 |
4 | "Odds on Murder" | Godfrey Grayson | Eldon Howard | February 20, 1960 |
5 | "The Key Witness" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | February 27, 1960 |
6 | "Escape Route" | Ernest Morris | Stanley Miller | March 5, 1960 |
7 | "All the Dead Were Harrisons" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | March 12, 1960 |
8 | "Love by Extortion" | Montgomery Tully | Brian Clemens | March 19, 1960 |
9 | "The Dollmaker" | Robert Lynn | Unknown | March 26, 1960 |
10 | "No Other Way" | Ernest Morris | Eldon Howard | April 2, 1960 |
11 | "The Trap" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | April 9, 1960 |
12 | "The Men Who Sold Hope" | Robert Lynn | Brian Clemens | April 16, 1960 |
13 | "The Murder Racket" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | April 23, 1960 |
14 | "Death Via Parcel Post" | Montgomery Tully | Mark Grantham | January 30, 1960 |
15 | "Out of Thin Air" | Montgomery Tully | Brian Clemens | February 6, 1960 |
16 | "The Case of Mike Krello" | Montgomery Tully | Eldon Howard | July 16, 1960 |
17 | "Killer with a Long Arm" | Montgomery Tully | Brian Clemens | May 21, 1960 |
18 | "Murder in the Smart Set" | Montgomery Tully | Mark Grantham | May 28, 1960 |
19 | "The Front Man" | Unknown | Unknown | June 4, 1960 |
20 | "Murder Below Decks" | Montgomery Tully | Mark Grantham | June 11, 1960 |
21 | "International Diamond Incident" | Montgomery Tully | Unknown | June 18, 1960 |
22 | "The Last Words" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | June 25, 1960 |
23 | "The Maharajah of Den" | Peter Curran | Eldon Howard | July 2, 1960 |
24 | "Diplomatic Courier" | Montgomery Tully | Howard Eldon | July 9, 1960 |
25 | "Inside Job" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | July 16, 1960 |
26 | "A Woman in Paris" | Montgomery Tully | Eldon Howard | July 23, 1960 |
27 | "Mistaken Identity" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | July 30, 1960 |
28 | "Man Alone" | Max Varnel | Brian Clemens | August 6, 1960 |
29 | "Missing Child" | Max Varnel | Eldon Howard | August 13, 1960 |
30 | "The Big Thirst" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | August 20, 1960 |
31 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | August 27, 1960 |
32 | "Death in Oils" | Godfrey Grayson | Mark Grantham | September 3, 1960 |
33 | "Multi-Murder" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | September 10, 1960 |
34 | "Latest Fashions in Crime" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | September 17, 1960 |
35 | "The Act of Murder" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | September 24, 1960 |
36 | "The Child of Eve" | Godfrey Grayson | Unknown | October 1, 1960 |
37 | "Tight Secret" | Godfrey Grayson | Ken Taylor | October 8, 1960 |
38 | "The Big Racket" | Godfrey Grayson | Brian Clemens | October 15, 1960 |
39 | "The Golden Shirri" | Montgomery Tully | Mark Grantham | October 22, 1960 |
According to BFI Screenonline "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 (ITV), for instance - gave The Man from Interpol little more than an air of tired hysteria." [3]
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