Tintin and the Blue Oranges
Tintin and the Blue Oranges is a 1964 Franco-Spanish film directed by Philippe Condroyer and starring Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin. It was the second live-action film, with an original story based on characters from the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by the Belgian artist Hergé. The accompanying book version is in photos and text rather than the usual comic-book style.
Plot
Professor Calculus on (black-and-white) TV broadcasts an appeal to help end world hunger. He receives many letters and parcels, and among them is a blue orange, which can grow in desert conditions (and glows in the dark) from Professor Zalamea, but no letter of explanation. That night, two thieves break into Marlinspike Hall and steal the blue orange. With no other choice, Calculus, with Tintin, the Captain, and Snowy, go to Valencia (filmed in Burjassot, in Simat de la Valldigna at the Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna, Gandia and Xàtiva).
More details
| author | René Goscinny |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Spain |
| director | Philippe Condroyer |
| editor | Madeleine Bibollet |
| genre | adventure comedy live-action |
| keywords | agal attack belong bianca castafiore break in burjassot car crash drug end gandia id kidnap marlinspike hall monastery of santa maría de la valldigna post office professor calculus rescue simat de la valldigna talk thomson and thompson tie up world hunger xàtiva |
| musicBy | Antoine Duhamel |
| producer | André Barret Jacques Brua Robert Laffont |
| recordedAt | Ecquevilly |
| theme | action trick |