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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Did you know
- 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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Great lovable 1940's spy yarn
This movie pops up quite regularly on late night TV-and every time I get sucked into watching it. A cut above usual B grade movies with some very good stock footage of Arabic life the plot is the usual spy Vs spy yarn -but I have to say its very enjoyable. The cast is likable with a number of familiar faces all going earnestly about their business. The real star for me are the Art directors and set decorators. They did not have much to work with on the back-lot but have created that quintessentially Hollywood interpretation of what Damascus would or rather should look like. This is great entertaining action-er that's enjoyable its Casablanca inspired introduction to the final shoot out where the good guys triumph. Well worth a look at any time of the night.
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- gorgo-22839
- Feb 18, 2017
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- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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