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Overview
Porte d’orient is a French crime film first released in 1951,
directed by Jacques Daroy.
The film is based on a novel by René Roques and stars Yves Vincent, Tilda Thamar, Nathalie Nattier, Marcel Dalio and Antonin Berval.
It has also been released under the title: Oriental Port.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
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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