| Fugitive in Saigon | |
| Director: | Marcel Camus |
| Producer: | Jean-Paul Guibert |
| Based On: | Mort en fraude by Jean Hougron |
| Starring: | Daniel Gélin Anne Méchard Lucien Callamand |
| Music: | Henri Crolla |
| Cinematography: | Edmond Séchan |
| Editing: | Jacqueline Thiédot |
| Studio: | Intermondia Films |
| Distributor: | Rank |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Fugitive in Saigon (French: Mort en fraude) is a 1957 French war drama film directed by Marcel Camus and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Méchard and Lucien Callamand. It was shot on location in Cambodia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. It was one of the first films to deal with France's defeat in the First Indochina War, along with Shock Patrol by Claude Bernard-Aubert.[1]
In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the locals and their poor living conditions. He ultimately lays down his life on their behalf.