Information
- BFI identifier25407
- Date1950 (Copyright)
1950-08-14 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama of narcotics smuggling in Egypt with a police chief and his eager assistant laying traps for the traffickers along the frontiers. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe opening credits contain the following note; 'The producers desire to place on record their grateful acknowledgement of the invaluable assistance rendered to them by the Egyptian Government in the making of this film, which stands as a tribute to the admirable achievements of the Cairo City Police, the Egyptian Coastguards Administration and the Egyptian Frontiers Force in their relentless efforts to pursue and suppress the evil traffic in obnoxious drugs.' The end titles also note that the film is 'Distributed throughout the world except the Middle East by Associated British-Pathé Ltd.'
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: David MacDonald
Production Company: Mayflower Pictures Corporation
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation
view all - CastEric Portman (Colonel Youssef Bey)
Laurence Harvey (Lieutenant Mourad)
Maria Mauban (Marie Mourad)
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Title
Cairo Road (Original)
Poison Road (Working)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/54AE-CB07-5A1E-D6E9-629B-ECategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm Dupe Negative - Nitrate - Combined - Master
35mm BW Positive - Nitrate - Combined - Master
35mm BW Positive - Nitrate - Combined - Master
35mm Negative - Nitrate - Mute - Master
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Dupe Negative - Nitrate - Combined - Master
35mm Master Positive - Safety - Sound - Master
35mm Duplicating Positive - Safety - Combined as Mute - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Shooting script - SCR-4969
Script - Script type: Release script - SCR-4970
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-25407
For example of programme see CINEMA EPHEMERA: REGIONS (Berkhamsted). Unfilmed small press-sheet held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-3297815
Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-3297816
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-3297817
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-3297818
Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-3297819
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- +Cairo Road
Work - 25407 - 1950 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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