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Suez ()

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Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
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Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Countess Eugenie de Montijo
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Toni Pellerin
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Prince Said
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Vicomte Rene De Latour
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Count Mathieu de Lesseps
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Marquis Du Brey
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Mohammed Ali (as Maurice Moscovich)
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Sergeant Pellerin (as Sig Rumann)
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Sir Malcolm Cameron
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Prime Minister
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Napoleon III - Emperor of France
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Maria De Teba
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Victor Hugo
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Bank President
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General Changarnier
Carlos De Valdez ...
Count Hatzfeldt (as Carlos de Valdez)
Jacques Lory ...
Millet
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M. Fevrier
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Franz Liszt
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Mme. Paquineau
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Duchess (as Odette Myrtle)
Egon Brecher ...
Doctor
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General St. Arnaud
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Elderly Man (as Montague Shaw)
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Campaign Manager
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Minor Role (uncredited)
David Cavendish ...
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Engineer (uncredited)
Jerome de Nuccio ...
Wrestler (uncredited)
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Official (uncredited)
Louis LaBey ...
Servant (uncredited)
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Swami (uncredited)
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Jewel Merchant (uncredited)
Christina Montt ...
Maid (uncredited)
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Achmed (uncredited)
Jean Perry ...
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)
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Julia (uncredited)
George Sorel ...
Assistant (uncredited)
Tony Urchel ...
Wrestler (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire ...
Old Engineer (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot ...
Jewel Merchant (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ...
Jewel Merchant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Allan Dwan

Written by

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Sam Duncan ... (story)
 
Philip Dunne ... (screenplay) and
Julien Josephson ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Ralph Dietrich ... assistant producer (uncredited)
Gene Markey ... associate producer

Music by

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Robert Russell Bennett ... (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge ... (uncredited)
David Raksin ... (uncredited)
Ernst Toch ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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J. Peverell Marley ... (photographed by) (as Peverell Marley)

Editing by

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Barbara McLean

Editorial Department

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Robert Fritch ... assistant cutter (uncredited)

Casting By

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Owen McLean ... (uncredited)
Walter Whaley ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Bernard Herzbrun
Rudolph Sternad

Set Decoration by

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Thomas Little

Costume Design by

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Royer

Makeup Department

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Carl Axzelle ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Irene Beshon ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Lucille D'Antoine ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Gale McGarry ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Ben Nye ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive in charge of production
Sid Bowen ... unit manager (uncredited)
Ed Ebele ... production manager (uncredited)
V.L. McFadden ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gerald Braun ... assistant director (uncredited)
Otto Brower ... second unit director: battle sequence (uncredited)
Tom Dudley ... assistant director (uncredited)
Aaron Rosenberg ... assistant director (uncredited)
Chris Seymour ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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M. Duke Abrahams ... props (uncredited)
Charles Fremdling ... assistant props (uncredited)
J. Gomez ... painter: P.M. (uncredited)
Charles King ... painter: A.M. (uncredited)
Tom Shaw ... assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
Arthur von Kirbach ... sound
Paul Gilbert ... boom operator (uncredited)
Edmund H. Hansen ... sound recordist (uncredited)
E.J. LaValle ... cable person (uncredited)
George Leverett ... sound mixer (uncredited)
J.L. Sigler ... assistant sound (uncredited)
Mert Strong ... boom operator (uncredited)

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Fred Sersen ... special effects stager
Bill Gallagher ... special effects (uncredited)
Ralph Hammeras ... process photography (uncredited)
Louis J. Witte ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Harvey Parry ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lee Crawford ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Milton Gold ... still photographer (uncredited)
John Grady ... best boy (uncredited)
Fred Hall ... gaffer (uncredited)
Frank Powolny ... still photographer (uncredited)
John Schmitz ... camera operator (uncredited)
Al Thayer ... grip (uncredited)
Jack Wendall ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eddie Armand ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Carrie O'Neil ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Louis Silvers ... musical director
David Buttolph ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Samuel Pokrass ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Silvers ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Stanley Scheuer ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Joe Balch ... double: Sig Ruman (uncredited) / horses (uncredited)
Jack Breth ... doorman (uncredited)
Chris Christensen ... boat supplier (uncredited)
Ralph Faulkner ... fight choreographer (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Joshua Logan ... diction coach: Annabella (uncredited)
Stanley Logan ... dialogue director (uncredited)
Harry Lloyd Morris ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Tom Morrissey ... follow-up man (uncredited)
Ted Wells ... double: Tyrone Power (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

De Lesseps is a young aristocrat who conceives the idea for the Suez Canal. After Napoleon fails him, the British show interest. Though the production values make the film entertaining, its historical content is generally agreed to be awful. Written by Ed Stephan

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Also Known As
  • Трудный путь (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Suezu (Japan)
  • Суэц (Russia)
  • スエズ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Süveyş Fedaileri (Turkey, Turkish title)
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  • 104 min
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Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia In an interview in the late 1970s, director Allan Dwan talked of the censorship battle he had with the Hays Office over the wet-shirt scene, in which Annabella's erect nipples are on prominent display. "I wanted them to show," he said. His argument with the Hays Office was, "Have you ever seen a nude woman? Ever seen your wife nude? There was nothing there that wasn't positively true to life . . . you knew she was going to be sexy . . . that's why you picked her. The audience knows. This is my idea of giving it to them. All women are alike--they can go to the mirror and see that anytime." The matter was dropped, as re-shooting the scene would have cost too much because the studio would have had to rebuild the entire set. Dwan said that his nemesis, studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck, was pleased with the picture. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Ty & Loretta: Sweethearts of the Silver Screen (2008). See more »
Soundtracks La Marseillaise See more »
Quotes Benjamin Disraeli: [to the House of Commons] By all means support this policy; by all means rally round the Prime Minister; by all means follow cheerfully and unquestioningly his leadership. All of you... who are as anxious as he to see England reduced to the standing of a third-rate power!
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