''Swiss Tour'' (or ''Four Days Leave'') is a 1949 American-Swiss
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Leopold Lindtberg and starring
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker.
Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited ap ...
,
Josette Day and
Simone Signoret. It marked the film debut of
Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. She was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is known for her hearty and joyf ...
who went on to be a major star of German cinema during the following decade.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.378]
Plot
Cast
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Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker.
Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited ap ...
as Stanley Robin
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Josette Day as Suzanne
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Simone Signoret as Yvonne
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John Baragrey
John Baragrey (April 15, 1918 – August 4, 1975) was an American film, television, and stage actor who appeared in virtually every dramatic television series of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Early years
Baragrey was born in Haleyville, Alabama ...
as Jack
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Richard Erdman
John Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American character actor and occasional film and television director. He appeared in more than 160 films and television productions between 1944 and 2017, mostly in supporting roles ...
as Eddy
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Alan Hale Jr.
Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead ro ...
as Joe
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George O. Petrie as Sidney
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Leopold Biberti as Walter Hochull
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Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. She was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is known for her hearty and joyf ...
as a GI flirt
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Robert Bichler
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Christiane Martin
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1949 films
1949 drama films
Swiss drama films
American drama films
1940s English-language films
English-language Swiss films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Leopold Lindtberg
Films with screenplays by Ring Lardner Jr.
Film Classics films
Swiss black-and-white films
Austrian black-and-white films
1940s American films
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