Perilous Holiday
{{Short description|1946 film by Edward H. Griffith}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Perilous Holiday
| image = File:Perilous Holiday.jpg
| caption =
| director = Edward H. Griffith
| producer = Phil L. Ryan
| screenplay = Roy Chanslor
| based_on = Colliers Magazine serial by Robert Carson
| starring = Pat O'Brien
Ruth Warrick
Alan Hale
| music = Paul Sawtell
| cinematography = Charles Lawton Jr.
| editing = Viola Lawrence
| studio = Phil L. Ryan Productions
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1946|03|21}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Perilous Holiday is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick and Alan Hale.Stephens p.276 It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay concerns a woman newspaper reporter who is on the trail of a smuggling ring operating out of Mexico.
Plot
Patrick Nevil makes the casual acquaintance of fellow American Agnes Stuart while on vacation in Mexico City. What Stuart doesn't know is that Nevil is a treasury agent, out to get expatriate counterfeiters 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
{{Cast listing|
- Pat O'Brien as Patrick Nevil
- Ruth Warrick as Agnes Stuart
- Alan Hale as Dr. Lilley
- Edgar Buchanan as George Richards
- Audrey Long as Audrey Latham
- Willard Robertson as Graeme
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Señor Aguirre
- Minna Gombell as Mrs. Latham
- Martin Garralaga as Manuel Perez
- Al Hill as Benny Lockner
- Jay Novello as Luigi
- Pedro Regas as Pedro
- Amelia Vargas as Dancer
- Eddie Le Baron as himself - Continental Orchestra Leader
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Production
Perilous Holiday is Griffith's final film.{{Cite book |last=Fetrow |first=Alan G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYlZAAAAMAAJ&q=edward+h+griffith+last+film+perilous+holiday |title=Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography |date=1994 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-89950-914-3 |language=en}}
References
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Bibliography
- Stephens, Michael L. Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, 1998.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0038833}}
{{Edward H. Griffith}}
Category:1940s crime thriller films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:American crime thriller films
Category:Films directed by Edward H. Griffith
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Paul Sawtell
Category:English-language crime thriller films
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