''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French

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directed by

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and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and

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. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''

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'' by British writer

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featuring the

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.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

* Magali Vendeuil as Doria Varette *

as Comte Haragos *

Jean-Max Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Le cap perdu'' (1931) * ''The Unknown Singer (1931 film), The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Darling of Paris (1931 film), T ...

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 *

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as Comtesse Haragos * Robert Burnier as Nicholls *

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as Gonzalès * Frédéric O'Brady as Souvaroff

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

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