Port Afrique is a 1956 British drama film based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Bernard Victor Dryer (1918–1995).[1] The colour film was directed by Rudolph Maté and the adapted screenplay was written by John Cresswell.
Port Afrique | |
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Directed by | Rudolph Maté |
Written by | Frank Partos John Cresswell |
Based on | Port Afrique by Bernard Victor Dryer |
Produced by | David E. Rose John R. Sloan |
Starring | Pier Angeli Philip Carey Dennis Price |
Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | Raymond Poulton |
Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production company | Coronado Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 21 August 1956 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The film was made at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton. It was filmed on location in the Casbah in Algiers and in Tangiers and Morocco.[2]
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.
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