''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (French: ''À toi de jouer... Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Tony Wright,

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and Colette Ripert. It is an adaptation of the 1942 novel ''

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'' by British writer Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective

Slim Callaghan Slim Callaghan is a fictional London-based private detective created by the writer Peter Cheyney. Like another of Cheyney's characters, the FBI agent Lemmy Caution, he was constructed as a British response to the more hardboiled detectives of Ameri ...

.Goble p.82 It was the first in a trilogy of films featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan, followed by '' More Whiskey for Callaghan''.

Synopsis

After a ship sinks with its cargo, an insurance claim is made by the owners. Callaghan is hired by the insurance company to find out whether the accident was genuine or deliberate.

Cast

* Tony Wright as

as Dolorès * Colette Ripert as Manon Gardel *

Paul Cambo Paul Cambo (1908–1978) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.508 Selected filmography * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Heroes of the Marne'' (1938) * '' The Gutter'' (1938) * ''The Chess Player'' (1938) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * '' The Village o ...

as Nicky Storata * Robert Berri as Raoul de Bois-Joli dit le Vicomte *

Yorick Royan Yorick is a character in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet''. He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of t ...

as Denise Gardel * Roger Blin as Wladimir *

Martine Alexis Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch pol ...

as Ketty *

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de billa ...

as Le portier * Paul Demange as Le barman *

Maurice Bénard Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

as Boutillon * Robert Burnier as Nicholls * Henri Arius as Le commissaire Merlin * Gil Delamare as Léon

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1955 films 1950s crime thriller films French crime thriller films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Willy Rozier Films based on British novels French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub