''Perilous Holiday'' is a 1946 American

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directed by

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and starring Pat O'Brien,

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and Alan Hale. It was distributed by

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. The screenplay concerns a woman newspaper reporter who is on the trail of a smuggling ring operating out of

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Plot

Patrick Nevil makes the casual acquaintance of fellow American Agnes Stuart while on vacation in

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. What Stuart doesn't know is that Nevil is a treasury agent, out to get expatriate

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s Dr. Lilley and George Richards. What Nevil doesn't know is that Stuart is also out to get Lilley, whom she holds responsible for her father's death.

Cast

Production

''Perilous Holiday'' is Griffith's final film.

References

Bibliography

* Stephens, Michael L. ''Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* 1946 films 1940s crime thriller films 1940s English-language films American crime thriller films Films directed by Edward H. Griffith Columbia Pictures films Films set in Mexico American black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1940s American films English-language crime thriller films {{1940s-US-film-stub