Man from Interpol

{{Short description|1960 British TV series}}

{{For|the French film|The Man from Interpol (film)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Man from Interpol title card.jpg

| caption = Man from Interpol title card

| runtime = 30 mins

| starring = Richard Wyler
John Longden

| country = United Kingdom

| director =

| writer =

| producer = Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger

| composer = Tony Crombie

| company = The Danzigers

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{start date|1960|1|30|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1960|10|22|df=y}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 39

}}

File:Richard Wyler as Anthony Smith.jpg as Anthony Smith in Man from Interpol.]]

Man from Interpol is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers.[http://www.78rpm.co.uk/tvi.htm The Man from Interpol] at Danziger website The NBC series was filmed in EnglandBrooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|978-0-345-49773-4}}. and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie.

Premise

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.

Cast

  • Richard Wyler 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

Episodes

The following is a list of episodes.

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No.

| Title

| Directed by

| Written by

| Original air date

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=1

|Title=Nest of Vipers

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|1|30}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=2

|Title=The Feathered Friend

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|2|6}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=3

|Title=Soul Peddlers

|DirectedBy=Max Varnel

|WrittenBy=George St. George

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|2|13}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=4

|Title=Odds on Murder

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|2|20}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=5

|Title=The Key Witness

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|2|27}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=6

|Title=Escape Route

|DirectedBy=Ernest Morris

|WrittenBy=Stanley Miller

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|3|5}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=7

|Title=All the Dead Were Harrisons

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|3|12}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=8

|Title=Love by Extortion

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|3|19}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|Title=The Dollmaker

|DirectedBy=Robert Lynn

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|3|26}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=10

|Title=No Other Way

|DirectedBy=Ernest Morris

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|4|2}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=11

|Title=The Trap

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|4|9}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=12

|Title=The Men Who Sold Hope

|DirectedBy=Robert Lynn

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|4|16}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=13

|Title=The Murder Racket

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|4|23}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=14

|Title=Death Via Parcel Post

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Mark Grantham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|1|30}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=15

|Title=Out of Thin Air

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|2|6}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=16

|Title=The Case of Mike Krello

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|16}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=17

|Title=Killer with a Long Arm

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|5|21}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=18

|Title=Murder in the Smart Set

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Mark Grantham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|5|28}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=19

|Title=The Front Man

|DirectedBy=

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|6|4}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=20

|Title=Murder Below Decks

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Mark Grantham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|6|11}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=21

|Title=International Diamond Incident

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|6|18}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=22

|Title=The Last Words

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|6|25}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=23

|Title=The Maharajah of Den

|DirectedBy=Peter Curran

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|2}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=24

|Title=Diplomatic Courier

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Howard Eldon

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|9}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=25

|Title=Inside Job

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|16}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=26

|Title=A Woman in Paris

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|23}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=27

|Title=Mistaken Identity

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|7|30}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=28

|Title=Man Alone

|DirectedBy=Max Varnel

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|8|6}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=29

|Title=Missing Child

|DirectedBy=Max Varnel

|WrittenBy=Eldon Howard

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|8|13}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=30

|Title=The Big Thirst

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|8|20}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=31

|Title=My Brother's Keeper

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|8|27}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=32

|Title=Death in Oils

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Mark Grantham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|9|3}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=33

|Title=Multi-Murder

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|9|10}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=34

|Title=Latest Fashions in Crime

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|9|17}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=35

|Title=The Act of Murder

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|9|24}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=36

|Title=The Child of Eve

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|1}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=37

|Title=Tight Secret

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Ken Taylor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|8}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=38

|Title=The Big Racket

|DirectedBy=Godfrey Grayson

|WrittenBy=Brian Clemens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|15}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=39

|Title=The Golden Shirri

|DirectedBy=Montgomery Tully

|WrittenBy=Mark Grantham

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|22}}

|ShortSummary=

|LineColor = #515151

}}

Reception

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 1959–1960 series Interpol Calling (ITV), for instance – gave The Man from Interpol little more than an air of tired hysteria."[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/773807/ The Danzigers] at BFI Screenonline

References

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