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Port Afrique is a British film of genre Drama directed by Rudolph Maté released in USA on 7 september 1956 with Pier Angeli

Port Afrique (1956)

Port Afrique
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Released in USA 7 september 1956
Length 1h25
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating52% 2.626422.626422.626422.626422.62642

Port Afrique is a 1956 British drama film based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Dr. Bernard Victor Dryer (1918–1995). The colour film was directed by Rudolph Maté and the adapted screenplay was written by John Cresswell. It was filmed on location in the Casbah in Algiers and in Tangiers and Morocco.

Set in July 1945, the film tells the story of a returning American pilot named Rip Reardon who lost his leg during the war and a young woman, Ynez, who is accused of the murder of Rip's wife.

Actors

Pier Angeli

(Ynez)Philip Carey

(Rip Reardon)Dennis Price

(Robert Blackton)James Hayter

(Nino)Anthony Newley

(Pedro)
And :
Guido Lorraine
André Maranne
Christopher Lee
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