Porte d’orient (1951) - film review

Crime / Drama

Summary

Vaucourt , a customs inspector at the port of Marseilles, falls in love with a beautiful foreigner, Madame Valnis. He allows her to take him to night clubs where he ends up gambling away a small fortune. The owner of the night clubs, Zarapoulos, agrees to clear Vaucourt’s debts if, in return, he agrees to turn a blind eye when a consignment of his passes through customs. Realising he has been duped, Vaucourt refuses...

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Credits

Director: Jacques Daroy
Script: Jacques Rey, René Roques (novel)
Photo: Jean Lehérissey
Music: Marceau Van Hoorebecke, Jean Yatove
Cast: Yves Vincent (Vaucourt), Tilda Thamar (Mme. Valnis), Nathalie Nattier (Arlette), Marcel Dalio (Zarapoulos), Antonin Berval (Capitaine Palmade), René Blancard (Baptiste), Lucas Gridoux (Le malais), Henri Arius (Bonail), Fernand Sardou (Gustave), René Sarvil (Thomas)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 100 min
Aka: Oriental Port

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