Man Detained

Man Detained
Directed byRobert Tronson
Written byRichard Harris
Based onA Debt Discharged
by Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byRobert Jordan Hill
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • October 1961 (1961-10)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Man Detained is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale and Paul Stassino.[2] The screenplay was by Richard Harris, based on the 1916 Edgar Wallace novel A Debt Discharged.[3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Man Detained". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 246. ISBN 9783598114922.