The French Line

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 byLloyd Bacon
Written byMatty Kemp
Isabel Dawn
Mary Loos
Richard Sale
Produced byEdmund Grainger
StarringJane Russell
Gilbert Roland
Arthur Hunnicutt
Mary McCarty
CinematographyHarry J. Wild
Edited byRobert Ford
Music byWalter Scharf
(uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • December 29, 1953 (1953-12-29) (St. Louis)[1]
  • February 8, 1954 (1954-02-08) (USA)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "RKO Liable to PCA Fine of $25,000 as 'Line' Premieres". Motion Picture Daily: 1. December 30, 1953.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955