The Ticket-of-Leave Man
1918
Film
The Ticket-of-Leave Man
August 1, 1918 · from the book by Tom Taylor
Book
The Ticket-of-Leave Man
by Tom Taylor · first published 1863
The Ticket-of-Leave Man is an 1863 stage melodrama in four acts by the British writer Tom Taylor, based on a French drama, Le Retour de Melun. It takes its name from the Ticket of Leave issued to convicts when they were released from jail on parole. A recently returned convict is blackmailed by another man into committing a robbery, but is rescued thanks to the intervention of a detective. It has been described as apparently being the first play to give a truly significant role to a detective.
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