Callan Uncovered

About this book

The first-ever compilation of the Callan short stories written by creator James Mitchell between 1967 and 1976, never published in book form before. Callan Uncovered also includes a Mitchell Outline Treatment for a Callan episode and a previously unseen full-length script - Goodbye Mary Lee - which was never filmed. Edited by Mike Ripley, with a special introduction by James Mitchell s son and literary executor, Peter. Contents Preface 7 Introduction by Peter Mitchell 9 A Funeral Has Been Arranged and Will Shortly Take Place (Treatment)15 Merry Christmas from the Section 19 File on a Deadly Deadshot 23 File on an Angry Artist 30 File on a Reckless Rider 37 File on a Weeping Widow 45 File on an Angry Actor 53 File on a Lucky Lady 60 File on a Dancing Decoy 68 File on a Deadly Diary 76 File on a Classy Club 85 File on a Fearsome Farm 95 File on a Careful Cowboy 103 File on a Doomed Defector 112 File on a Pining Poet 122 File on a Powerful Picador 131 File on a Difficult Don 140 File on a Darling Daughter 150 File on an Awesome Amateur 162 File on a Joyous Juliet 173 File on a Mourning Mother 185 File on an Angry American 197 File on a Deadly Don 209 File on a Tired Traitor 218 File on a Harassed Hunter 228 File on a Beautiful Boxer 237 Goodbye Mary Lee (Script) 247