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. Plot Millionairess Mame Carson's (Jane Russell) oil empire spells trouble for her love life. Men are either after her fortune or afraid of it. Her money-shy fiancé Phil Barton (Craig Stevens) has just given her the brush off. A disappointed Mame heads for Paris on the French Line's Liberté with friend and fashion designer Annie Farrell (Mary McCarty). She swaps identities with Myrtle Brown (Joyce MacKenzie), one of Annie's models, hoping to find true love incognito. Aboard ship, she falls in love with French playboy Pierre DuQuesne (Gilbert Roland) who, unbeknownst to Mame, has been hired by her zealous guardian Waco Mosby (Arthur Hunnicutt) to keep the fortune hunters at bay. Pierre professes his love for Mame. Is he sincere or is this just a ploy to gain access to her millions? Silliness ensues interspersed with several musical numbers until Pierre's real intentions are revealed. Cast Jane Russell as Mary "Mame" Carson Gilbert Roland as Pierre DuQuesne Arthur Hunnicutt as Waco Mosby Mary McCarty as Annie Farrell Joyce MacKenzie as Myrtle Brown Paula Corday as Celeste Scott Elliott as Bill Harris Craig Stevens as Phil Barton Laura Elliot as Kate Hodges Steven Geray as François, ship steward John Wengraf as Commodore Renard Michael St. Angel as George Hodges Barbara Darrow as Donna Adams Barbara Dobbins as Kitty Lee Jean Moorhead as Model Dolores Michaels as Model Ellye Marshall as Model Kim Novak as Model Pat Sheehan as Model Lane Bradford as Cowboy George D. Wallace as Cowboy Nick Stuart as Reporter Charles Smith as Reporter Bess Flowers as Farellie Saleslady Theresa Harris as Clare Sue Casey as Showgirl Gloria Pall as Showgirl Joyce Johnson as Showgirl Joi Lansing as Showgirl Sandy Descher as Janie Shirley Patterson as Elsie Anne Ford as Paris Model Fritz Feld as French Cabbie Production The French Line captures Russell at the height of her career, the year after Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,