Port Afrique (1956)
Actually filmed in Morocco's fabled "Forbidden City!"
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
- Date of release
- 1956-06-18
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, Mystery
- Director
- Rudolph Maté
Casting
- Philip Carey — Rip Reardon
- Pier Angeli — Ynez
- Dennis Price — Robert Blackton
- Eugene Deckers — Col. Jacques Moussac
- Rachel Gurney — Diane Blackton
- James Hayter — Nino
- Anthony Newley — Pedro
- Christopher Lee — Franz Vermes
- Maria Hanson — Georgette Reardon
- Guido Lorraine — Abdul
- Pat O'Meara — Guitarist
- Richard Molinas — Captain
Interesting facts
Port Afrique is a 1956 British drama film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Pier Angeli, Philip Carey and Dennis Price as Robert Blackton. It was written by John Cresswell based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Bernard Victor Dryer.
Production
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.
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