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The Urgent Hangman

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The Urgent Hangman
First edition image (UK & US)
AuthorPeter Cheyney
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSlim Callaghan
GenreThriller
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons (UK)
Dodd, Mead & Company (US)
Publication date
1938
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages230
ISBN1471901599
Followed byDangerous Curves 

The Urgent Hangman is a 1938 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. It introduced the fictional London-based private detective Slim Callaghan, the first in a series of seven novels as well as two short story collections.

Adaptations

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In 1952 it was adapted for the stage by Gerald Verner as Meet Mr. Callaghan and ran for 340 performances at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End.[1] The play was in turn adapted for the 1954 film Meet Mr. Callaghan directed by Charles Saunders and starring Derrick De Marney and Adrienne Corri.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014 p. 165. ASIN B00NPRQ86U. ISBN 978-0810893078.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 82. ISBN 3598114923.

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