Port of New York

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See also Port of New York Authority, New York Harbor

Port of New York
Recent release of Port of New York on VHS
Directed by	László Benedek
Produced by	Aubrey Schenck
Written by	Eugene Ling (screenplay) Bert Murray (story) Arthur A. Ross
Starring	Scott Brady Richard Rober K.T. Stevens Yul Brynner
Music by	Sol Kaplan
Cinematography	George E. Diskant
Distributed by	Eagle-Lion Films Inc.
Release date(s)	November 28, 1949 (U.S. release)
Running time	82 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Port of New York is a 1949 film shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner's first movie. The film, which is very similar to T-Men (1947), was shot on location in New York City. The movie was directed by László Benedek with cinematography by George E. Diskant.

The film tells the story of a customs and treasury agent out to stop the distribution of opium, that came in on a ship in the Port of New York but was smuggled off by drug dealers. The leader of the drug dealers is the suave Vicola (Brynner).

• Scott Brady as Michael 'Mickey' Waters
• Richard Rober as Jim Flannery
• K.T. Stevens as Toni Cardell
• Yul Brynner as Paul Vicola

[edit] External links

• Complete film to watch or download at Internet Archive
• Port of New York at the Internet Movie Database
• Complete film at Google Video

v • d • e Films directed by László Benedek Song of Russia (1944) • The Kissing Bandit (1948) • Port of New York (1949) • Death of a Salesman (1951) • The Wild One (1953) • Bengal Brigade (1954) • Kinder, Mütter und ein General (1955) • Affair in Havana (1957) • Recours en grâce (1960) • Moment of Danger (1960) • Namu, the Killer Whale (1966) • Daring Game (1968) • The Night Visitor (1971) • Assault on Agathon (1975)

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