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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Solid adventure set in Damascus, center of intrigue
Newspaper reporter George Sanders hurries through the airport--he's heading home from an assignment but is keeping his eyes open. In the first moments of his stay in Damascus, he encounters a number of questionable characters:
Lenore Aubert, inscrutable and beautiful in an exotic outfit complete with tall head wrap. Virginia Bruce, who hangs around the hotel looking nervous and appears to have some connection with Gene Lockhart, a gambler with dubious morals.
Robert Armstrong gets to the point as an American foreign service agent sent to keep Sanders from stirring up local mischief:
"You're a troublemaker," Armstrong tells Sanders bluntly. Sanders replies: "That's what Herr Goebbels said about me once. I was deeply flattered."
The plot is fairly straightforward. One of Sanders' colleagues is found murdered; Sanders sticks around to investigate. Soon Sanders realizes he is working to identify and thwart Nazi operatives. Determining who's who among the other players is neither simple nor safe.
Sanders is excellent--suave, clever and tough, this character is more serious-minded than the Saint or Falcon. Some good aerial photography over the desert adds excitement as the action builds.
Mystery, thriller, patriotic WWII picture....Overall, a solid and efficient production.
Lenore Aubert, inscrutable and beautiful in an exotic outfit complete with tall head wrap. Virginia Bruce, who hangs around the hotel looking nervous and appears to have some connection with Gene Lockhart, a gambler with dubious morals.
Robert Armstrong gets to the point as an American foreign service agent sent to keep Sanders from stirring up local mischief:
"You're a troublemaker," Armstrong tells Sanders bluntly. Sanders replies: "That's what Herr Goebbels said about me once. I was deeply flattered."
The plot is fairly straightforward. One of Sanders' colleagues is found murdered; Sanders sticks around to investigate. Soon Sanders realizes he is working to identify and thwart Nazi operatives. Determining who's who among the other players is neither simple nor safe.
Sanders is excellent--suave, clever and tough, this character is more serious-minded than the Saint or Falcon. Some good aerial photography over the desert adds excitement as the action builds.
Mystery, thriller, patriotic WWII picture....Overall, a solid and efficient production.
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- csteidler
- Jul 10, 2018
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- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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