| Meet Mr. Callaghan | |
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| Directed by | Charles Saunders |
| Screenplay by | Brock Williams |
| Based on | The Urgent Hangman by Peter Cheyney Meet Mr. Callaghan by Gerald Verner |
| Produced by | Guido Coen Derrick De Marney W.A. Smith |
| Starring | Derrick De Marney Adrienne Corri Delphi Lawrence Belinda Lee |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Jack Slade |
| Music by | Eric Spear |
Production company | Pinnacle Productions |
| Distributed by | Eros Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Meet Mr. Callaghan is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Derrick De Marney and Adrienne Corri.[1][2] The screenplay was by Brock Williams, based on the 1952 play of the same name, adapted for the stage by Gerald Verner from Peter Cheyney's 1938 novel The Urgent Hangman.
Co-producer and star De Marney had directed the stage version at the Garrick Theatre in 1952, which starred his brother Terence as private eye Slim Callaghan. Derrick played this role in the film.[3][4]
- ^ "Meet Mr. Callaghan". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Meet Mr Callaghan".
- ^ Hesse, Beatrix (2 August 2015). The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century. Springer. ISBN 9781137463043 – via Google Books.