Candlelight In Algeria Reviews

1942

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60
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Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) is cast into a web of international intrigue when she decides to hide fugitive British agent Alan Thurston (James Mason) from suave Nazi Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla). Thurston's mission is to travel to the Vichy colony of Algiers and recover a camera revealing the exact location of Allied General Mark .. Read more

Starring	James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor
Director	George King
Genres	Drama

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Historical pleasure

A spy story set against the US invasion of North Africa. The plot is thin in terms of content but the script and the leading actors sparkel to make this an enjoyable evening's viewing. It helps though to have some knowledge if what was happening in N Africa in 1943.

Recomended.
- - A customer from Carmarthen
  - Posted 06 Aug 2008 14:24
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

A forgotten movie delight

After a creeky start, this English film sparkles under the confident direction of George King. It is a mixture of romance, espionage and intrigue. The romance portrayed by James Mason (with and without a moustache) and the feisty and long-forgotten Carla Lehmann is such fun. What a pity Lehmann retired early in her career. There was also splendid hokum involving German spy-master Dr. Muller played by Walter Rilla; and a gorgeous vignette of a performance by Enid Stamp-Taylor in the role of a French nightclub singer. Alas in real life Enid died in an accident at home a few years after the film was made.

This film of 1943 of course had a wartime propaganda aspect, but it actually thrives on it.
- - A customer from Preston
  - Posted 02 Jan 2009 23:46

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Historical pleasure

A spy story set against the US invasion of North Africa. The plot is thin in terms of content but the script and the leading actors sparkel to make this an enjoyable evening's viewing. It helps though to have some knowledge if what was happening in N Africa in 1943.

Recomended.
- - A customer from Carmarthen
  - Posted 06 Aug 2008 14:24
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

A forgotten movie delight

After a creeky start, this English film sparkles under the confident direction of George King. It is a mixture of romance, espionage and intrigue. The romance portrayed by James Mason (with and without a moustache) and the feisty and long-forgotten Carla Lehmann is such fun. What a pity Lehmann retired early in her career. There was also splendid hokum involving German spy-master Dr. Muller played by Walter Rilla; and a gorgeous vignette of a performance by Enid Stamp-Taylor in the role of a French nightclub singer. Alas in real life Enid died in an accident at home a few years after the film was made.

This film of 1943 of course had a wartime propaganda aspect, but it actually thrives on it.
- - A customer from Preston
  - Posted 02 Jan 2009 23:46