Dick Barton: Special Agent

Dick Barton: Special Agent
Opening title
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Written byAlfred J. Goulding
Alan Stranks
Based onthe BBC radio serial
Produced byHenry Halstead
StarringDon Stannard
George Ford
CinematographyStanley Clinton
Edited byEta Simpson
Music byJohn Bath
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films
Release date
  • 10 May 1948 (1948-05-10)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dick Barton: Special Agent (released to television in the USA as Dick Barton, Detective) is a 1948 British second feature ('B') spy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Don Stannard. It was written by Goulding and Alan Stranks, adapted from the extremely popular BBC radio serial Dick Barton – Special Agent. It was the first of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the British agent, followed by Dick Barton at Bay and Dick Barton Strikes Back.