Les Trafiquants de la mer (1947) Directed by Willy Rozier
Adventure
Film Synopsis
A gang of drugs traffickers are running a highly lucrative operation on the
French Riviera. Large consignments of opium are loaded into crates,
which are dropped off from a yacht in the Mediterranean at an agreed spot.
Alerted by a tip-off, the police turn up en masse and arrest the individual
who has come to collect the illegal drugs. To everyone's surprise,
this turns out to be a notable personage from a nearby village. Meanwhile,
one of the traffickers falls out with his crooked associates and ends up
getting himself killed. This allows his wife to return to the man she
has loved in secret for many years...
Cast:Pierre Renoir (Boris Mentischev),
Elina Labourdette (Hélène), Jacques Dumesnil (Gardy),
Marcel Delaître (Moreau), Daniel Mendaille (Lacoumé),
Serge Castelli (Éric Duvernier),
Claude Nollier (La femme), Lucien Callamand (Le juge Vermorel),
Claude Farell,
Michel Vadet,
Félix Clément,
André Pollack,
Noël Darzal,
Clément Bairam
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
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