Oriental Port (French: Porte d'orient) is a 1950 French crime film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring Yves Vincent, Tilda Thamar and Nathalie Nattier. It is about a group of smugglers operating out of Marseille. It is based on a novel by René Roques.[1] The film was the first French production to be shot using the Belgian Gevacolor process.[2]

Oriental Port
Film poster
Directed byJacques Daroy
Written by
Produced byPaul Ricard
Starring
CinematographyJean Lehérissey
Edited byJeanne Rongier
Music by
Production
company
Protis Films
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 6 December 1950 (1950-12-06)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast edit

References edit

  1. ^ Goble p.944
  2. ^ Hayward p.44

Bibliography edit

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.

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