Meet Mr. Callaghan (play)

Meet Mr. Callaghan is a 1952 crime thriller play by the British writer Gerald Verner.^[1] It was adapted from the novel The Urgent Hangman by Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective Slim Callaghan. It premiered at the Kings Theatre in Southsea before transferring to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 340 performances between 27 May 1952 and 4 April 1953. The cast included Terence De Marney as Callaghan, Larry Burns, Jack Allen, Trevor Reid, John Longden, Lisa Daniels, Harriette Johns and Simone Silva.^[2] In 1953 Verner wrote another stage play featuring Callaghan, Dangerous Curves based on Cheyney's novel of the same title.

Meet Mr. Callaghan
Written by	Gerald Verner
Date premiered	23 February 1952
Place premiered	Kings Theatre, Southsea
Original language	English
Genre	Thriller
Setting	Slim Callaghan's office, Chancery Lane, London

Film adaptation

In 1954 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Charles Saunders. The title role was played by Terence De Marney's brother Derrick De Marney with a cast that also featured Adrienne Corri, Delphi Lawrence, Belinda Lee as well as several actors reprising their roles from the stage version.^[3]