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Oriental Port (1950)

Oriental Port poster
Original title
Porte d'Orient
Directed by
Jacques Daroy
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Smugglers run operations out of Marseille. A group gets into trouble with their illegal activities.

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What happens

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. The film was the first French production to be shot using the Belgian Gevacolor process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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