Interpol Calling | |
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Genre | Police procedural |
Developed by | Leonard Fincham |
Starring |
Charles Korvin Edwin Richfield |
Theme music composer | Clifton Parker |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Earl St. John |
Producer(s) | Anthony Perry Connery Chappell F. Sherwin Green |
Running time | 25 mins |
Production company(s) |
Rank Organisation Jack Wrather Organisation |
Distributor | ITC Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 35 mm film 4:3 B/W |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | 14 September 1959 – 20 June 1960 |
Interpol Calling was a 1959 Rank Organisation and Jack Wrather Productions television crime drama series for ITC Entertainment. The programme, which ran for one series of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, followed the adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
Opening titles voiceover:
"Crime knows no frontiers. To combat the growing menace of the international criminal, the police forces of the world have opened up their own national boundaries. At their headquarters in Paris, scientifically equipped to match the speed of the jet age, sixty-three nations have linked together to form the International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL!"
Recurring characters;
Broadcast date is for ATV MidlandsITV regions varied date and order. Production number from PDF summary of episodes on the Network DVD.
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Network DVD released the series in December 2010. Episodes 25 and 30 have the end credits reversed.