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Macao is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Stevenson released in USA on 11 april 1952 with Robert Mitchum
Macao (1952)
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Add to a movie listMacao is a 1952 black-and-white film noir adventure directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it. The drama features Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, and Gloria Grahame.
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Three strangers arrive at the port of Macao on the same ship: Nick Cochran (Robert Mitchum), a cynical-but-honest ex-serviceman, Julie Benson (Jane Russell), an equally cynical, sultry night club singer, and Lawrence Trumble (William Bendix), a traveling salesman who deals in both silk stockings and contraband.Actors
Robert Mitchum
(Nick Cochran)
Jane Russell
(Julie Benson)
William Bendix
(Lawrence C. Trumble)
Gloria Grahame
(Margie)
Thomas Gomez
(Lt. Sebastian)
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