Cairo Road (film)
| Cairo Road | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Produced by | Aubrey Baring |
| Written by | Robert Westerby |
| Starring |
Laurence Harvey Eric Portman Maria Mauban Harold Lang |
| Music by | Robert Gill |
Production company |
Setton-Baring Mayflower |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé |
Release dates | 21 June 1950 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | ₤145,502 (UK)[1] |
Cairo Road is a 1950 British crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Laurence Harvey, Eric Portman, Maria Mauban, Harold Lang and John Gregson.
Plot
A team of Egyptian anti-narcotic agents try to prevent shipments of drugs crossing the southern Egyptian border.[2][3] The film takes its name from the Cairo Road.
Cast
- Eric Portman – Colonel Youssef Bey
- Laurence Harvey – Lieutenant Mourad
- Maria Mauban – Marie
- Harold Lang – Rico Pavlis
- Grégoire Aslan – Lombardi
- Karel Stepanek – Edouardo Pavlis
- John Bailey – Doctor
- Martin Boddey – Major Ahmed Mustafa
- John Gregson – Coast guard
- Marne Maitland – Gohari
- John Harvey – Major Maggoury
- Abraham Sofaer – Commandant
- Peter Jones – Ship's Lieutenant
- Camelia – Anna Michelis
Production
The cast included Egyptian film star Camelia, who died in 1950 in a plane crash.[4]
Reception
The film received a reasonably positive review from The New York Times, who said called it a "unpretentious and consistently sensible little film... antidote. British restraint and taste not only have saved the day but succeeded in dignifying a battered subject... this routine picture has some sterling ingredients."[5] The critic from Variety said "action moves slowly in the first half and much of the story is veiled so as to obscure the plot. However, it winds up with a meaty climax."[6]
References
- ↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p493
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042298/
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28485
- ↑ "HIGHLIGHTS IN BRIEF OF NEWS OF WORLD.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 5 September 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ New York Times review of the film accessed 26 January 2014
- ↑ Review of Cairo Road in Variety
External links
- Cairo Road at BritMovie
- Cairo Road at the Internet Movie Database
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