''Dishonorable Discharge'' () is a 1957 French-Italian film starring

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as the American Captain Burt Brickford. The captain lives incognito on an island in Middle America since he has been accused of causing an accident and didn't trust the military court.

Synopsis

Burt Brickford gets engaged as captain for a fun trip. Brickford hesitates to accept the job offer because the ship will be heading for

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. He is even more suspicious when his employer named Henery Legrand can provide him with a new

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. Yet Brickford is in desperate need of a new job and a new passport and so he can't decline. When they are on sea, Brickford discovers a great deal of

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in Legrand's ship. He confronts Legrand who now admits to be a

treasure hunter Treasure hunting is the physical search for treasure. One of the most popular types of modern day treasure hunters are historic shipwreck salvors. These underwater treasure salvors try to find sunken shipwrecks and retrieve artifacts with both ...

. Brickford takes him to the place where the

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is supposed to be. While Legrand's divers are looking in vain for a treasure,

pirate Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are call ...

s attack the ship. They are led by a drug dealer named Paulo who intends to use the ship for smuggling drugs into the

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. Even so, there is no way Brickford would comply with that.

Cast

as Captain Burt Brickford *

Pascale Roberts Pascale Roberts (21 October 1930 – 26 October 2019) was a French film and television actress.Goble p. 471 She was a César Award Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * César (film), ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romant ...

as Constance Are *

Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...

as Paolo *Véronique Zuber as Marina Legrand *

Robert Berri Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1912 births 1989 deaths French male film actors Male ...

as Perez *

Lise Bourdin Lise Bourdin (born 30 November 1925) is a French retired film actress. As of 2017, Bourdin resided in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Children of Love'' (1953) * '' The River Girl'' (1954) * ''The Last Five Minutes ''The Last Five Minutes'' (I ...

as Claire *

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888 in Périgueux – 5 January 1968 in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. He was one of the surviving passengers of the August 1923 Air Union Farman Goliath crash. Selected ...

as Henery Legrand *

Jacques Castelot Jacques Castelot (born Jacques Marie Paul Éloi Storms) (11 July 1914 – 25 August 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1982. His brother was the writer André Castelot and their father was the ...

as Gérard Lester *Christian Morin as Jacques * Jacques Seiler as Bath *

René Havard René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) – L'assistant ...

as the helmsman * Don Ziegler as taxi driver

External links

* 1957 films French comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Bernard Borderie Films set in the Caribbean Seafaring films Films about treasure hunting 1950s French films 1950s Italian films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films {{italy-film-stub