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Actually filmed in Morocco's fabled "Forbidden City!" - Port Afrique
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Title: Port Afrique

Release Date: 18 Jun 1956

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery

Director: Coronado Productions

Production Companies: Coronado Productions

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.3 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Rip Reardon: Philip Carey
  • Ynez: Pier Angeli
  • Robert Blackton: Dennis Price
  • Col. Jacques Moussac: Eugene Deckers
  • Diane Blackton: Rachel Gurney
  • Nino: James Hayter
  • Pedro: Anthony Newley
  • Franz Vermes: Christopher Lee
  • Georgette Reardon: Maria Hanson
  • Abdul: Guido Lorraine
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