Black Jack (1950 film)
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- Julien Duvivier
- Robert Gaillard
- Michael Pertwee
- Roland Pertwee
- Charles Spaak
- André De Neueville
- Julien Duvivier
- Almos Mezo
- Michael Salkind
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| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
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| Cinematography | André Thomas |
| Edited by | Margarita de Ochoa |
| Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production companies | Alsa Films Jungla Films |
| Distributed by | Les Films Marceau (France) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France Spain |
| Language | English |
Black Jack, also known as Captain Black Jack, is a 1950 adventure film written and directed by Julien Duvivier and starring George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Roc and Dennis Wyndham.[1] The English-language film was a coproduction between France, Spain and the United States.
Demobilised after World War II, Mike Alexander pursues any deals, legal or not, that will return a fortune. He has acquired a yacht in Mallorca, where he hears of a cargo ship full of refugees in difficulty, the Chalcis. He agrees to take the six richest people from the ship but is sickened by the distress of the rest and tells the captain to drop them ashore on an isolated island. He sees an attractive young woman name Ingrid who refuses his offer of a free trip to safety. The captain scuttles the ship in a hidden cove and takes Ingrid to Tangier.
Shortly after, Ingrid appears in Mallorca as companion to eccentric American millionairess Emily Birk. She again refuses Alexander's advances, even when he mentions that his fortune is arriving soon. Mrs. Birk discloses to Ingrid that she is a cop pursuing Alexander, who is an evil crook expecting a cargo of drugs. Ingrid agrees to accompany Alexander to the island where the Chalcis is lying, and they are dismayed to find all of the refugees dead, locked in the hold by the captain. When Alexander's drugs arrive, concealed in a schooner, Mrs. Birk, who is actually not a cop but a dealer, takes them and hides them in the wreck of the Chalcis. Alexander's cover is blown, so he destroys the consignment. To escape the law, he steers his yacht toward Tangier and Ingrid agrees to flee with him. Police launches pursue them and shoot Alexander dead.
Cast
- George Sanders as Mike Alexander
- Herbert Marshall as Doctor James Curtis
- Patricia Roc as Ingrid Dekker
- Agnes Moorehead as Emily Birk
- Marcel Dalio as Captain Nicarescu
- Dennis Wyndham as Fernando Barrio
- Howard Vernon as Schooner Captain
- José Nieto as Inspector Carnero
- Jolie Gabor as jeweler
