The French Line

The French Line
The French Line
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	Matty Kemp; Isabel Dawn; Mary Loos; Richard Sale
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Starring	Jane Russell; Gilbert Roland; Arthur Hunnicutt; Mary McCarty
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild
Edited by	Robert Ford
Music by	Walter Scharf; (uncredited)
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	December 29, 1953 (St. Louis); February 8, 1954 (USA);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.9 million (US)

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.

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