''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (French: ''À toi de jouer... Callaghan'') is a 1955 French

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directed by

Willy Rozier Willy Rozier (27 June 1901 – 29 May 1983) was a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter who also used the pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which ...

and starring Tony Wright,

Lysiane Rey Lysiane Rey (Jacqueline, Andrée, Albertine, Louise Leharanger) (13 November 1922 in Amiens – 1 October 1975 in Maisons-Laffitte) was a French actress. With Albert Préjean she was the mother of actor Patrick Préjean, and the grandmother ...

and

Colette Ripert Colette Ripert (17 January 1930 – 20 May 1999) was a French actress. She is best known to English speakers as "Tante Georgette" in the series French in Action. Selected filmography * ''Les jeux sont faits'' (1947) * '' Eternal Conflict'' ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1942 novel ''

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'' by British writer

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featuring the

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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 ...

. It was the first in a series of four films featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan, followed by ''

More Whiskey for Callaghan ''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't Ma ...

''. It was released in the US in 1961 and England in 1962 as The Amazing Mr Callaghan, on a double bill with ''The Prisoners of the Congo''.

Synopsis

After a ship sinks with its cargo, an

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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 *

as Manon Gardel * Paul Cambo as Nicky Storata *

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 Raoul de Bois-Joli dit le Vicomte * Yorick Royan as Denise Gardel *

Roger Blin Roger Blin (22 March 1907 – 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'' in 1953 and ''Endgame'' in 1957. Biography Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his ...

as Wladimir * Martine Alexis 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 bill ...

as Le portier * Paul Demange as Le barman * Maurice Bénard as Boutillon *

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as Nicholls *

Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Don't Shout It from the Rooftops'' (1943) * '' Jeannou'' (1 ...

as Le commissaire Merlin *

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as Léon

Production

Tony Wright was a British actor then in Paris. He was given the lead after the original star cast, Charles Chaplin Jnr, pulled out. Wright said he received publicity in Paris saving the life of someone who tried to commit suicide. He visited New York in December 1960 to promote the film's US release.

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 Films scored by Jean Yatove {{1950s-France-film-stub