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The River of Three Junks (1957)

The River of Three Junks poster
Original title
La Riviere des trois jonques
Directed by
André Pergament
Genre
adventure film, thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French thriller set in Saigon based on a novel about events involving three junks on a river. The story follows characters caught up in a dangerous situation in Southeast Asia.

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What happens

The River of Three Junks (French: La rivière des trois jonques) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by André Pergament and starring Dominique Wilms, Lise Bourdin and Jean Gaven. Based on the 1952 novel Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong by Georges Godefroy, the novel was reissued in 1956 as La Rivière des trois jonques. The film is set in Saigon. It was remade in 1965 under the title Red Dragon returning to Hong Kong. The film's sets were designed by the art director Daniel Guéret. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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