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Mission in Tangier

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Mission in Tangier
Mission à Tanger
Directed byAndré Hunebelle
Written byMichel Audiard
Produced byAndré Hunebelle
StarringRaymond Rouleau
Gaby Sylvia
Mila Parély
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byJean Feyte
Music byJean Marion
Production
company
Production Artistique et Cinématographique
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date
  • June 4, 1949 (1949-06-04)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Mission in Tangier (French: Mission à Tanger) is a 1949 French spy thriller film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Gaby Sylvia and Mila Parély.[1] [2] It was the first in the trilogy of films featuring dashing reporter Georges Masse, and was followed in 1950 by Beware of Blondes. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. It has been described as a French film noir.[3]

Plot

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During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Moine p.226
  3. ^ Spicer p.455

Bibliography

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  • Moine, Raphaëlle. Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
  • Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
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