Port of New York
Port of New York is a 1949 American film noir/crime film directed by László Benedek with cinematography by George E. Diskant and shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner's first film appearance. The film, which is very similar to T-Men (1947), was shot on location in New York City.
Plot
Narrator Chet Huntley introduces two federal agents, Mickey Waters of the U.S. Customs Service and Jim Flannery of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. They are out to stop the distribution of an opium shipment stolen from the S.S. Florentine in the Port of New York. The leader of the thieves is the suave drug dealer Paul Vicola (Brynner).
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author | Eugene Ling |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | László Benedek |
editor | Norman Colbert |
genre | crime |
keywords | arrest chet huntley coast guard cut cutting agent drug dealer federal agent federal bureau of narcotics float garrote kill meet murder new life nightclub owner penn station pennsylvania station police search port of new york port of new york and new jersey purser smuggle stake out surveillance u.s. customs service |
musicBy | Sol Kaplan |
producer | Aubrey Schenck |
productionCompany | Contemporary Productions Samba Films |
publisher | Eagle-Lion Films |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | film noir semidocumentary |