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Justin de Marseille | |
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Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
Written by | Carlo Rim |
Produced by | Bernard Natan Emile Natan |
Starring | Antonin Berval Pierre Larquey Alexandre Rignault |
Cinematography | Georges Benoît |
Music by | Jacques Ibert |
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Distributed by | Pathé-Natan |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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.
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.