Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
Directed by George King

Drama / War

Film Synopsis

During WWII, American sculptress Susan Foster becomes embroiled in the murky world of international espionage when she offers Alan Thurston refuge from the Nazi Dr Muller. Thurston is a British agent whose mission is to travel to Algiers where a top secret meeting of Allied leaders is due to take place. Here, he must recover photographs that reveal the location of a planned Allied invasion, somewhere on the coast of North Africa...
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Film Credits

  • Director: George King
  • Script: Katherine Strueby, Brock Williams, John Clements (dialogue), Dorothy Hope (story)
  • Cinematographer: Otto Heller
  • Music: Roy Douglas, James Turner
  • Cast: James Mason (Alan Thurston), Carla Lehmann (Susan Foster), Raymond Lovell (Von Alven), Enid Stamp-Taylor (Maritza), Walter Rilla (Dr. Muller), Pamela Stirling (Yvette), Lea Seidl (Sister), Sybille Binder (Woman), Hella Kürty (Maid), Paul Bonifas (French Proprietor), Leslie Bradley (Henri de Lange), Harold Berens (Toni), Cot D'Ordan (Hotel Manager), Richard George (Capt. Matthews), Meinhart Maur (Schultz), Jacques Metadier (Elderly French Officer), Michael Morel (Police Commissioner), Bart Norman (Gen. Mark Clark), Richard Molinas (French Sergeant), MacDonald Parke (American)
  • Country: UK
  • Language: English
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 86 min

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