Nord-Atlantique (1939)
Directed by Maurice Cloche

Drama

Film Synopsis

There is a colourful crowd of weirdoes to be found on the Portland, a fishing boat.  First there is a madman who goes on endlessly about a shipwreck.  Then there is a captain who talks in riddles and ends up being murdered.  There is a wireless operator harbouring dubious intentions, and a second officer of few words who is thought to have killed a woman...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Maurice Cloche
  • Script: Oscar Paul Gilbert
  • Cinematographer: Roger Hubert
  • Music: Wal Berg
  • Cast: André Alerme (Le capitaine Little), Jean Brochard (Daauphin - le patron), André Burgère (César), Lucien Coëdel (Pomme d'Amour), Henri Crémieux (Sharp, le radio), René Dary (lBarnes - le second), Robert Darène (Un membre de l'équipage), Jean Daurand (Gus), Marie Déa (Mary), Guy Favières (Le shérif), Cecil Grane (Le mousse), Gérard Landry (Jaspers), Robert Lepers (Un membre de l'équipage), Albert Malbert (Le chef mécanicien), Franck Maurice (Un membre de l'équipage), Marcel Melrac (Un membre de l'équipage), Solange Moret (Rose), Albert Préjean (Dick Kaufman), Pierre Renoir (Le capitaine Jeff Cooper), Sorgel (Un membre de l'équipage)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min

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