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It Couldn't Matter Less
''It Couldn't Matter Less'' is a 1941 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. It is the fourth in a series of novels featuring the London-based private detective Slim Callaghan who enjoyed a series of dangerous adventures similar in style to the hardboiled American detectives created by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was published in the United States as ''Set-Up for Murder''. Synopsis Callaghan is persuaded by Inspector Gringall of Scotland Yard to meet with Doria Varette a torch singer in a nightclub. She hires Callaghan to look for her missing boyfriend Lionel Wilbery. Before long Callaghan realise he has got into a case that is far more complex than it first seems. Film adaptation In 1955 it was adapted into the French film ''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright (actor), Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri.Goble p.82 References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cheyney
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine (however, the best known of these – the 1965 science fiction film ''Alphaville (film), Alphaville'' – was not directly based on a Cheyney novel). Another popular creation was the private detective Slim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. Although out of print for many years, Cheyney's novels have never been difficult to find second-hand. Several of them have recently been made available as e-books. Early life Peter Cheyney was born in Whitechapel in 1896, the youngest of five children, and educated at the Mercers' School in the City of London. He began to write skits for the theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightclub
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers. Nightclubs generally restrict access to people in terms of age, Clothing, attire, personal property, personal belongings, and behaviors. Nightclubs typically have dress codes to prohibit people wearing informal, indecent, offensive, or gang-related attire from entering. Unlike other entertainment venues, nightclubs are more likely to use Bouncer (doorman), bouncers to screen prospective patrons for entry. The busiest nights for a nightclub are Friday and Saturday nights. Most nightclubs cater to a particular music genre or sound for bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In London
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Novels
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Novels By Peter Cheyney
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 British Novels
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors {{France-film-actor-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magali Vendeuil
Magali Vendeuil (18 September 1926 – 12 January 2009) was a French stage and film actress who also appeared in television productions. She was a member of the Comédie-Française between 1950 and 1961. She played the female lead in several films including the 1955 thriller '' More Whiskey for Callaghan''.Goble p.82 She was married to fellow actor Robert Lamoureux. Selected filmography * '' Drôle de noce'' (1952) * '' Procès au Vatican'' (1952) * ''Trial at the Vatican ''Trial at the Vatican'' (French: ''Procès au Vatican'') is a 1952 French biographical film, biographical drama film directed by André Haguet and starring France Descaut, Jean Debucourt, Suzanne Flon and Catherine Fonteney. The film is inspire ...'' (1952) * '' Beauties of the Night'' (1952) * '' More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (1955) * '' Une fille épatante'' (1955) * '' Jugez-les bien'' (1961) * '' Impossible Is Not French'' (1974) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Wright (actor)
Paul Anthony "Tony" Wright (10 December 1925 – 6 June 1986) was an English film actor. The son of actor Hugh E. Wright, he was a Rank Organisation contract player for some years. In October 1956, John Davis, managing director of Rank, announced him as one of the actors under contract to Rank that Davis thought would become an international star. He married actress Janet Munro in 1957, though the couple were divorced in 1960. He played the role of London-based private detective Slim Callaghan in several French films. ''Filmink'' wrote: Of all the odd “shooting comet” stars of the British film industry, Tony Wright is perhaps the oddest. Limited training. Limited ability. Even his blonde hair was unusual. Yet, for a short time there, he had the lead in a franchise, the backing of Britain’s biggest studio and the love of the most talented young actress in the country. Then it went away. Biography Wright's father was an actor, Hugh E. Wright, but originally Wright wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ... Xavier Vallier. He wrote and directed a series of films starring Tony Wright as the detective Slim Callaghan. Filmography Director * ''Les Monts en flammes'' (1931) * '' Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''Le Petit Écart'' (1931) * '' The Night at the Hotel'' (1931) * ''Avec l'assurance'' (1932) * ''Trois cent à l'heure'' (1934) * ''Pluie d'or'' (1935) *'' Maria of the Night'' (1936) * ''Veinte mil duros'' (1936) * '' Men of Prey'' (1937) * '' The Dark Angels'' (1937) * '' Champions of France'' (1938) * '' Hopes'' (1941) * '' Melody for You'' (1942) * ' (1943) * '' Solita de Cordoue'' (1946) * ' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Matter Less'' by British writer Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective Slim Callaghan.Goble p.82 It was the second film featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan following '' Your Turn, Callaghan''. Premise Slim Callaghan investigates the theft of documents from a British laboratory. This leads him to the Côte d’Azurwhere he decides to infiltrate a network of aristocratic spies. Cast * Tony Wright as Slim Callaghan * Magali Vendeuil as Doria Varette * Robert Berri as Comte Haragos * Jean-Max as Commodore Schoubersky * Diana Bel as Irania Trasmonti * Mario David as Amédée * Joé Davray as Inspecteur Vadet * Michel Etcheverry as Prof. Ephraim Ponticollo * Manuéla De Ségovia as La Montalban * Christiane Barry as Comt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
