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Cairo Road (1950) [N/A]

Featuring:
Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey, Maria Mauban

Written by:
Robert Westerby

Directed by:
David MacDonald


Release Date:
June 21, 1950

Original Title:
Cairo Road

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Mayflower Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 

Runtime: 83

The war against narcotics can never stop!

Overview from TheMovieDB

In colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs operating along the notorious Cairo Road.

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Overview from Open Movies

The never-ending struggle of an Egyptian Narcotics Bureau unit. This time around,the murder of a rich Arab named Bashiri leads colonel Yussef Bey and his right-hand man Lieutenant Mourad to a berthed ship in the harbor of Port Saïd. An amazing quantity of hashish is found on board and two suspicious passengers, Humble and Lombardi, are kept under surveillance. But Humble, whose real name is Rico Pavlis, manages to run away after killing Lombardi. Yussef decides to set a trap for Pavlis, his brother and the other traffickers...

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Rankings and Honors

Cairo Road (1950) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.4/10

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Duncan Sutherland

Costume Designer:
Jacques Heim

Director:
David MacDonald

Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris

Editor:
Peter Taylor

Original Music Composer:
Robert Gill

Screenplay:
Robert Westerby

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