House on the Waterfront
1955 film
- Jean Gabin
- Andrée Debar
- Henri Vidal
- Ginette Boudet
- Jean Ravel
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Élysée Films
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House on the Waterfront (French: Port du désir) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.[1] It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some location filming in Marseilles. The film's sets were designed by Lucien Aguettand. Although completed in 1954, it wasn't released until the following year.
Synopsis
In Marseilles Captain Lequévic is ordered to refloat a ship that has sunk in the entrance to the harbor. However its owner, a man mixed up in smuggling and other illegal activities, is desperate to prevent him from doing so.
Partial cast
- Jean Gabin as Le commandant Lequévic
- Andrée Debar as Martine
- Henri Vidal as Michel
- Edith Georges as Lola
- Leopoldo Francés as Baba
- René Sarvil as L'aveugle
- Gaby Basset as Madame Aimée
- Jacques Dynam as Le Meur
- Gaston Orbal as Rossignol
- Edmond Ardisson as Le patron de la boîte
- Mireille Ozy as Gaby
- Annette Maistre as Une entraîneuse
- Yôko Tani as Une entraîneuse
- Raymond Blot
- Robert Berri as Frédo, le malfrat
- Antonin Berval as Léon
- Jean-Roger Caussimon as Monsieur Black
References
- ^ Block p.49
Bibliography
- Marcelline Block. World Film Locations: Marseilles. Intellect Books, 2013.
External links
- House on the Waterfront at IMDb
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Films directed by Edmond T. Gréville
- The Train of Suicides (1931)
- The Triangle of Fire (1932)
- Princess Tam Tam (1935)
- Merchant of Love (1935)
- Whirlpool of Desire (1935)
- Gypsy Melody (1936)
- Brief Ecstasy (1937)
- Under Secret Orders (1937)
- Secret Lives (1937)
- Forty Years (1938)
- What a Man! (1938)
- Threats (1940)
- A Woman in the Night (1943)
- Dorothy Looks for Love (1945)
- Noose (1948)
- But Not in Vain (1948)
- The Romantic Age (1949)
- The Other Side of Paradise (1953)
- House on the Waterfront (1955)
- Temptation (1959)
- Beat Girl (1960)
- The Hands of Orlac (1960)
- The Accident (1963)
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