Fire Over Africa

Name: Fire Over Africa
Released: 1954
Rating: 27.1
Cast: Binnie Barnes, Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Guy Middleton, Hugh McDermott

1954

Drama

Crime

1h 24m

Joanna Dane, a former O.S.S. operator (forerunner of the CIA), is sent to Tangier by the American authorities to find out who is behind a powerful ring of smugglers that does a booming business in contraband with counterparts in Spain and Italy, and also contribute to a high death rate among the Tangier policemen. She gets work in a waterfront dive owned by "Frisco" and is soon being courted by Van Logan, another American agent but posing as one of the smugglers. (imdb)

Directed by:

Richard Sale

Written by:

Robert Westerby

Starring:

Macdonald Carey

Maureen O'Hara Hugh McDermott

Binnie Barnes

Guy Middleton

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Adventure

AKA:

Malaga

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese

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Fire Over Africa

1954

Drama

Crime

1h 24m

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glumpy_99

Rated 02 Feb 2018

Enjoyable change of pace for O'Hara, slipping naturally into James Bond territory (the establishing scenes feel like an inspiration for the early Connery films). Taut, understated storytelling works very well, and the supporting cast create a vivid array of memorable antagonists (especially Barnes as a seedy nightclub owner). Disappointing that the climax of the film backgrounds O'Hara's fine work to drag Carey front and centre to be the nominal hero, but still a fine, understated spy thriller.

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