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Wicked City (1949 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Wicked City

| image = File:Wicked City (1949 film).jpg

| director = Franois Villiers

| producer = Andre Sarrut

| writer = Jean-Pierre Aumont
Franois Villiers

| based_on = the novel 'Hans Le Marin' by Edouard Peisson

| starring = Maria Montez
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Lilli Palmer
Marcel Dalio

| music = Joseph Kosma

| cinematography = Jean Bourgoin

| editing = Henri Taverna

| studio = Christina Productions

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = France
United States

| language = English

| budget = 80,000 francs (US $250,000)

| gross = 1,891,994 admissions (France)[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/france-1949-c22733825/2&usg=ALkJrhjPKqN5wuWt6vCSbVziry_EDQO-IQ French box office of 1949] at Box Office Story

}}

'Wicked City' (French: 'Hans le marin'; alternate title: 'The Last Port') is a 1949 French-American drama film directed by Franois Villiers and starring the husband-and-wife team of Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez. It was Montez's first film in Europe.[http://mariamontez.org/hanslemarin2.html Film information at Mariamontez.org]

'Wicked City' and 'The Man on the Eiffel Tower' were the first French-American film co-productions following World War II.

Plot



Hans is a Canadian sailor docked in Marseilles who is having an affair with cabaret owner Dolores. When he is robbed and left for dead, he awakens to discover that Dolores has disappeared. He takes on a job as a nightclub bouncer and has a fling with gypsy girl Tania.

Cast



*Jean-Pierre Aumont

*Maria Montez

*Lilli Palmer

Production



Aumont served with the Free French army during World War II and was wounded by shrapnel near Marseilles in 1944. While recuperating, he read the novel 'Hans le marin' by Edouard Peisson, and in 1946 he, his wife and his brother Franois Villiers visited Peisson to negotiate to purchase the film rights. Aumont was to write the script, Villiers was to direct and Montez and Aumont would star. The goal was to show Montez "is an actress as well as a manikin."

Andre Sarrut of Safia Productions agreed to pay the production costs of the film, up to 80,000 francs (then US$250,000). Aumont was to produce through his company with Montez, Christina Productions. Christina provided the services of Aumont, Montez and Lilli Palmer; in exchange, Christina's share would be paid off first out of American box-office receipts.

Filming began in Marseilles in July 1948. Approximately 60% of the film was shot on location, with the remainder filmed at the Joinville Studios in Paris.

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