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Your Turn, Callaghan

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Your Turn, Callaghan
Directed byWilly Rozier
Written byWilly Rozier
Based onSorry You've Been Troubled by Peter Cheyney
Produced byWilly Rozier
StarringTony Wright
Lysiane Rey
Colette Ripert
CinematographyMichel Rocca
Edited byMadeleine Crétolle
Music byJean Yatove
Production
company
Sport-Films
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • 29 March 1955 (1955-03-29)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Your Turn, Callaghan (French: À toi de jouer... Callaghan) is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Lysiane Rey and Colette Ripert. It is an adaptation of the 1942 novel Sorry You've Been Troubled by British writer Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective Slim Callaghan.[1] It was the first in a trilogy of films featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan, followed by More Whiskey for Callaghan.

Synopsis

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.82

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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