''Fort du fou'' is a
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
Italian/French
international co-production
A co-production is a joint venture
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war film
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set during the
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việ ...
co-written and directed by
Leo Joannon.
American International Pictures
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released the film straight to American television in 1965 under the title ''Outpost in Indochina''.
[p.232 Heffernan, Kevin ''Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968'' Duke University Press, 25 Mar 2004]
Cast
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Jacques Harden ... Capitaine Noyelles
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Alain Saury ... Lieutenant Veyrac
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Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Life and career
Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to ...
... Sergent Hérange
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Foun-Sen
Foun-Sen (28 February 1915 – 5 February 1989) was a French-Vietnamese film actress. She was married to the film director Léo Joannon.Keith p.125
Selected filmography
* '' Port Arthur'' (1936)
* ''Samson'' (1936)
* ''Wolves Between Them'' 193 ...
... Xuan
* Jean-Loup Reynold ... Private Bernard Jules
* Mai-Trung ... The Priest
* Van Quynh ... Chief of the Viet Minh
* Stan Dylik ... Chief Adjutant Prétot
* Laurent Dumm ... Sergent Durrieu
* Le Bâ Dat ... Sergent Minh
* Paul Luu Dinh ... Lu Banh
* Nguyen Thi Tuyet ... Marie Phuong
* Michel Charrel ... Private Vincent
* Robert Maurice ... Private Masson
* François Brincourt ... Private Isnard
References
External links
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1963 films
1963 war films
1960s French-language films
French war films
First Indochina War films
French black-and-white films
Siege films
1960s French films
Films directed by Léo Joannon
Films scored by André Hossein
French-language war films
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