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Director
  
Don Sharp

Music director
  
Wilfred Josephs

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Thriller

Cinematography
  
Ernest Steward

Country
  
United Kingdom

Callan (film) movie poster

Release date
  
1974 (1974)

Writer
  
James Mitchell (screenplay), James Mitchell (novel)

Cast
  
Edward Woodward
(David Callan),
Eric Porter
(Hunter),
Carl Möhner
(Schneider),
Catherine Schell
(Jenny),
Peter Egan
(Toby Meres),
Russell Hunter
(Lonely)

Similar movies
  
Related Don Sharp movies

Tagline
  
Callan... doesn't make friends - and all his enemies are dead!

Callan is a 1974 British thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Edward Woodward, Eric Porter and Carl Möhner. It was based on the ITV television series Callan which ran from 1967 to 1972.

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Plot

David Callan (Edward Woodward), a leading intelligence agent/assassin in the employment of the S.I.S., was forced into retirement when he lost his nerve. Now, he is called back into service to handle the assassination of Schneider, a German businessman. Colonel Hunter (Eric Porter), his former employer, promises Callan that he'll be returned to active status as long as he follows his orders. But Callan refuses to act until he knows exactly why Schneider has been marked for death...

Cast

  • Edward Woodward as David Callan
  • Russell Hunter as Lonely
  • Eric Porter as Hunter
  • Peter Egan as Toby Meres
  • Carl Möhner as Schneider
  • Catherine Schell as Jenny
  • Kenneth Griffith as Waterman
  • Michael Da Costa as The Greek
  • Veronica Lang as Liz, Hunter's Secretary
  • Clifford Rose as Dr. Snell
  • David Prowse as Arthur
  • Don Henderson as George
  • Nadim Sawalha as Padilla
  • David Graham as Wireless operator
  • Yuri Borienko as Security porter
  • The only actors to reprise their television roles in the film were Woodward, Russell Hunter who played Lonely and Clifford Rose who played Snell. Apart from the three, all the other recurring characters were played by different actors and actresses.

    Production

    The script by James Mitchell is based on his original TV pilot "A Magnum for Schneider" and the novelization thereof, Red File for Callan, although only the novel is listed in the film's credits (as A Red File for Callan).

    Callan was the first film with a Dolby-encoded optical soundtrack.

    Reception

    The film's original reaction was mixed to positive.

    References

    Callan (film) Wikipedia
    Callan (film) IMDb Callan (film) themoviedb.org