Not to be confused with the French Line, a shipping company, or the French line, a unit of length.
The French Line
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Matty Kemp Isabel Dawn Mary Loos Richard Sale
Produced by
Edmund Grainger
Starring
Jane Russell Gilbert Roland Arthur Hunnicutt Mary McCarty
Cinematography
Harry J. Wild
Edited by
Robert Ford
Music by
Walter Scharf (uncredited)
Production company
RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
December 29, 1953 (1953-12-29) (St. Louis)[1]
February 8, 1954 (1954-02-08) (USA)
Running time
102 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$2.9 million (US)[2]
The French Line is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell made by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was by Mary Loos and Richard Sale, based on a story by Matty Kemp and Isabel Dawn. It was filmed in three strip technicolor and Dual strip polarized 3D during what many consider 3-D film's "golden era" of 1952-1954.
Gilbert Roland co-stars and Kim Novak makes her first film appearance.
^"RKO Liable to PCA Fine of $25,000 as 'Line' Premieres". Motion Picture Daily: 1. December 30, 1953.
^'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955
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