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Justin de Marseille
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byCarlo Rim
Produced byBernard Natan
Emile Natan
StarringAntonin Berval
Pierre Larquey
Alexandre Rignault
CinematographyGeorges Benoît
Music byJacques Ibert
Production
company
Distributed byPathé-Natan
Release date
  • 5 April 1935 (1935-04-05)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Justin de Marseille is a 1935 French crime drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey and Alexandre Rignault.[1][2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris and on location around Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson.

Synopsis[edit]

A journalist from Paris investigates why the port city of Marseille has developed a reputation as France's Chicago due to its gangsters. Two crime gangs engaged in a fierce rivalry led by Justin, a local man, and the ruthless Esposito from Naples who has moved into smuggling opium.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hewitt p.117
  2. ^ Waldman p.150

Bibliography[edit]

  • Hewitt, Nicholas. Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille. Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

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