Justin de Marseille

{{short description|1935 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Justin de Marseille | image = Justin de Marseille.jpg | caption = | director =[[Maurice Tourneur]] | producer = [[Bernard Natan]] <br> [[Emile Natan]] | writer = [[Carlo Rim]] | narrator = | starring = [[Antonin Berval]] <br> [[Pierre Larquey]] <br> [[Alexandre Rignault]] | music = [[Jacques Ibert]] | cinematography = [[Georges Benoît]] | editing = | studio = [[Pathé-Natan]] | distributor =Pathé-Natan | released = {{Film date|1935|04|05|df=y}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Justin de Marseille''''' is a 1935 French crime drama film directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]] and starring [[Antonin Berval]], [[Pierre Larquey]] and [[Alexandre Rignault]].<ref>Hewitt p.117</ref><ref>Waldman p.150</ref> It was shot at the [[Joinville Studios]] of [[Pathé-Natan]] in Paris and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Marseille]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Lazare Meerson]].

==Synopsis== 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]].

==Cast== * [[Antonin Berval]] as Justin * [[Pierre Larquey]] as Le Bègue * [[Alexandre Rignault]] as Esposito * [[Ghislaine Bru]] as Totone * [[Line Noro]] as La Rougeole * [[Paul Ollivier]] as Achille * [[Raymond Aimos]] as Le Fada * [[Armand Larcher]] as Silvio * [[Paul Amiot]] as Le sous-directeur de la Sûreté * [[Duluard]] as Pantalon * [[Marcel Raine]] as Brutus * [[Paul Grail]] as Félicien * [[Milly Mathis]] as Mme Trompette * [[Marthe Mellot]] as La mère de Justin * [[Renée Dennsy]] as Ninette * [[Marguerite Chabert]] as Mme Olympe * [[Tino Rossi]] as Le chanteur * [[Anthony Gildès]] as Le curé * [[Gaby Basset]] as Mado * [[José Davert]] as L'Ancien * [[Viviane Romance]] as Une pensionnaire de Madame Olympe

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * 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.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0026556}}

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