The Lebanese Mission
1956 film by Richard Pottier
- 12 September 1956 (1956-09-12)
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Italy
The Lebanese Mission or The Lady of Lebanon (French: La Châtelaine du Liban) is a 1956 French-Italian Eastmancolor adventure thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais and Luciana Paluzzi. Omar Sharif also appeared in one of his earlier film roles.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel The Lady of Lebanon by Pierre Benoit. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Location shooting took place around Le Grau-du-Roi.
Synopsis
The film starts with two scientists launching an expedition exploring for uranium out in the Arabian desert, but they soon find themselves entangled in a web of espionage.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Pascal as Jean Domèvre
- Gianna Maria Canale as Comtesse Athelstane Orloff
- Jean Servais as Maj. Charles Hobson
- Luciana Paluzzi as Michèle Hennequin
- Guido Celano as M. Hennequin
- Robert Dalban as Malek
- Jess Hahn as Le valet
- Guy Henry as Le géant
- Jean Lefebvre as La Pie
- Nana Aslanoglu as La danseuse
- Omar Sharif as Mokrir
- Juliette Gréco as Maroussia
- Germaine Delbat as La secrétaire
- Pierre Moncorbier as Le radio
See also
- The Lady of Lebanon, a 1926 film based on the same novel
- The Lady of Lebanon, a 1934 film based on the same novel
References
- ^ "The Lebanese Mission (1956) - IMDb".
External links
- The Lebanese Mission at IMDb
- The Lebanese Mission at AllMovie
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Films directed by Richard Pottier
- If I Were Boss (1934)
- Fanfare of Love (1935)
- A Rare Bird (1935)
- Guilty Melody (1936)
- Disk 413 (1936)
- 27, rue de la Paix (1936)
- The Secrets of the Red Sea (1937)
- Lights of Paris (1938)
- The World Will Tremble (1939)
- Mademoiselle Swing (1942)
- Eight Men in a Castle (1942)
- No Love Allowed (1942)
- Picpus (1943)
- Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)
- Destiny (1946)
- Vertigo (1947)
- The White Night (1948)
- Barry (1949)
- Two Loves (1949)
- Casimir (1950)
- Murders (1950)
- Darling Caroline (1951)
- Rendezvous in Grenada (1951)
- Imperial Violets (1952)
- The Case Against X (1952)
- The Beautiful Otero (1954)
- The Lebanese Mission (1956)
- The Singer from Mexico (1957)
- Tabarin (1958)
- Serenade of Texas (1958)
- David and Goliath (1960)
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
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