The Amazing Mr. Callaghan

The Amazing Mr. Callaghan (1955)

À toi de jouer... Callaghan !!!

A ship, La Circé, has sunk and it might possibly be criminal . The vessel belongs to Storata ,who asks the insurance company for a hundred million Francs .Callaghan is working for them and he investigates on dry land and on the sea. The brilliant detective discovers that Storata has scuttled his ship himself to swindle insurance.

Date of release
1955-03-28
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Willy Rozier
Collection
Callaghan - Saga

Casting

Interesting facts

Your Turn, 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. It was the first in a series of four films featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan, followed by More Whiskey for Callaghan.

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.

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