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31: 304:, agrees to help Thurston. In Algiers, she steals the camera from the bedroom of nightclub singer Martiza, but instead of giving the camera to Thurston, she plans to take it to the American consulate. However, her opinion of Thurston quickly changes when he rescues her from Müller. They take cover in a 296:
to recover a camera containing photos that reveal where the meeting will take place. Thurston is not aware of the meeting or the content of the photos, but he has orders to prevent the camera from reaching the Germans. He is shadowed by German spy Dr. Müller, who intends to steal the camera as soon
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critic Paul P. Kennedy was somewhat more forgiving: "The British Lion production which came to the Victoria Saturday is, as a whole, well put together, and the acting, while not outstanding, is worthy of the film. Add to this the mysterious background of Algiers and a lot of international intrigue
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with Thurston’s French friend Yvette and develop the film there. After Thurston recognises the place in the photos, they race to the meeting place to warn the Allied officers.
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is not the film it might have been with such a theme to inspire it; it shows itself aware of the possibilities, but fails to exploit them."
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French commanders. At the conference, the Vichy French commanders agreed to not resist the
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According to trade papers, the film was a success at the British box office in 1944.
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Ahead of the conference, British agent Alan Thurston has been assigned to travel to
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Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48
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and the result is a generally entertaining picture."
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in London on 18 February 1944, but the reviewer for
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New films in London - Regal. Candlelight in Algeria
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George King
Katherine Strueby
Brock Williams
John Stafford
James Mason
Carla Lehmann
Raymond Lovell
Otto Heller
Winifred Cooper
Terence Fisher
Roy Douglas
Jack Beaver
British Lion Film Corporation
20th Century Fox
war film
George King
James Mason
Carla Lehmann
Raymond Lovell
Cherchell
Mark W. Clark
Vichy
Operation Torch
Vichy France
French North Africa
Algiers
Biskra
kasbah
James Mason

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