Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
André Charlot
- Andre Leroux
- (as Andre Charlot)
Abdullah Abbas
- Arab Guard
- (uncredited)
Rafael Alcayde
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
Michael Ansara
- Hamid
- (uncredited)
Frank Arnold
- French Gendarme
- (uncredited)
Eric Berge
- Gendarme
- (uncredited)
Maurice Brierre
- Drunken Customer
- (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
- Bald-Headed Man
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDesert footage was shot by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in 1937 for an unmade film on the life of Lawrence of Arabia..
- GoofsWhen Danesco (Gene Lockhart) is taken into the hotel owner's office, the two men who brought him there stand next to him on either side. Then when the owner had them frisk Danesco for cheating, the two men approach him from several steps away from behind.
- Quotes
Matthew Reed: You're a troublemaker, Gordon!
Michael Gordon: That's what Herr Goebbels said about me once. I was deeply flattered.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- SoundtracksLa Marseillaise
(1792)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Variations in the score when the Free French Cross of Lorraine is shown
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Lots of fun - Sanders is a delight
I watched this because it came on after a movie I watched on purpose. I meant to turn it off, especially because it looked so incredibly low-budget right from the get-go... but I didn't turn it off and, five minutes in, just couldn't stop watching. There are so many snarky, clever, laugh-out-loud lines! There is also as much intrigue and eccentric characters as in Casablanca (and some of the same actors as well). You will need to know a bit about the history of the time to get the plot, but all you'll need to like the film is to listen and drink in George Sanders absolutely awesome performance - this is my favorite of his films. It's low budget and a bad print, but the perfectly-cast Sanders and the hilarious one-liners make it worth the watch.
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- jcravens42
- Dec 7, 2017
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- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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