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Wicked City (1949)

Wicked City poster
Original title
Hans le marin
Directed by
François Villiers
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French crime film set in a port city. A married couple gets entangled in danger and deception.

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What happens

Wicked City (French: Hans le marin; alternate title: The Last Port) is a 1949 French crime film directed by François Villiers and starring the husband-and-wife team of Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez. It was Montez's first film in Europe. Wicked City and The Man on the Eiffel Tower were the first French-American film co-productions following World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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