Interpol (film)

Interpol
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Gilling
Written byJohn Paxton
Based onInterpol
1955 novel
by A.J. Forrest
Produced byAlbert R. Broccoli
Irving Allen
StarringVictor Mature
Anita Ekberg
Trevor Howard
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byRichard Best
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 2 April 1957 (1957-04-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
USA
LanguageEnglish

Interpol (USA title: Pickup Alley; also known as International Police) is a 1957 British-American CinemaScope crime film noir directed by John Gilling and starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano and Sidney James.[1] The screenplay was by John Paxton, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by A.J. Forrest. The film was produced by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli for Warwick Films.

It concerns an Interpol effort to stamp out a major drug-smuggling cartel in numerous countries.

In the United States, the film was released as a double feature with The Brothers Rico (1957).[2]

  1. ^ "Interpol". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ Interpol at IMDb