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Director:
Richard Sale
Writer:
Robert Westerby (writer)
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Release Date:
5 November 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Joanna Dane, a former O.S.S. operator (forerunner of the CIA), is sent to Tangier by the American authorities... more | add synopsis
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The free international city of Tangiers more (2 total)

Cast

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Maureen O'Hara ... Joanna Dana
Macdonald Carey ... Van Logan
Binnie Barnes ... Frisco
Guy Middleton ... Soames Howard
Hugh McDermott ... Richard Farrell
James O'Hara ... Danny Boy
Harry Lane ... Augie
Leonard Sachs ... Paul Dupont
Ferdy Mayne ... Mustapha
Eric Corrie ... Pebbles
Bruce Beeby ... Potts
Gérard Tichy ... Cronkhite
Derek Sydney ... Signor Amato
Jacques Cey ... Monsieur Ducloir
Mike Brendall ... Rodrigo
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Also Known As:
Fire Over Africa (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
USA:84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Málaga, Andalucía, Spain more
Company:
Frankovich Productions more

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11 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
The free international city of Tangiers, 20 April 2005
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Tangiers is yet another one of those exotic locales that connote mystery, romance, and adventure and at the point in time this film was made was under an international administration. Two years later it reverted to Spanish control as part of Spanish Morocco and now it is part of Morocco itself. So the film was dated shortly after it's release.

With some background footage of Tangiers, Malaga was shot on location with interiors done in London. Maureen O'Hara was top billed in this one in a role that Jane Russell would have normally been cast in. Like Russell, O'Hara spends most of her time busting out of the tight fitting clothing that she has to wear. I'm sure the movie goers of 1954 didn't care about the plot.

Maureen is an American agent sent to Tangiers to find out who's running a smuggling operation and take it down. Since other agents have been killed no one other than who would now be called her controller knows who she is.

Maureen's troubles begin when the controller is killed by the bad guys in the first reel. So now she's working blind not knowing who to trust.

Oh well, the location photography in Malaga looks real nice and Maureen in those tight dresses in technicolor is a treat. Beyond that I can't say too much. Macdonald Carey looks bored, he probably came for the free trip to the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Binnie Barnes has a nice turn as a wisecracking saloonkeeper.

But there's nothing special here.

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