''Flight to Tangier'' is a 1953 American

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring

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, and

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. It was released by Paramount Pictures in

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and 3-D. This film also appeared in ''

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'' (2007) which like ''Flight to Tangier'', it was currently owned by Paramount Pictures (via Miramax and

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Plot

Aboard a private plane, pilot Hank Brady pulls a gun on his lone passenger, Franz Kovaz, after putting the instruments on automatic pilot. Waiting at

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...

airport is another American pilot, Gil Walker, his French girlfriend Nicki and her companion Danzer, a woman named Susan Lane, and a police lieutenant, Luzon. The plane passes over the airport, then crashes and bursts into flame. Captured by police while investigating the wreck, Gil and Susan are taken in to Luzon's superior, Col. Wier, for questioning. It is revealed that Gil had known Hank during the war and Susan had been engaged to him. Suspicious characters follow them, led by Danzer, who forces his way into their car. It turns out Kovaz was carrying forged documents worth a great deal of money. Gil, Susan and Nicki are held by Danzer's men, but they are found by the police, led by Luzon, who is shot and killed. Gil escapes. Gil ends up on the run, suspected of murder, and not sure whom to trust. The plot thickens when both Hank and Kovaz turn up, having parachuted to safety from the plane. In a final confrontation, Hank and Susan are both revealed to be US government agents, working undercover. Hank is killed. During a gunfight, most of the gang, and Nicki, are killed. Gil is free to go, and he and Susan board the same plane to America.

Cast

as Susan Lane *

as Gil Walker *

as Nicki * Robert Douglas as Danzer * Marcel Dalio as Goro *

Jeff Morrow Leslie Irving Morrow, known as Jeff Morrow (January 13, 1907 – December 26, 1993), was an American actor educated at Pratt Institute in his native New York City. Morrow was a commercial artist prior to turning to acting. Early in his caree ...

as Colonel C.M. Wier * Richard Shannon as Lieutenant Bill Luzon * Murray Matheson as Franz Kovaz *

John Doucette John Arthur Doucette (January 21, 1921 – August 16, 1994) was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987. A man of stocky build who possessed a deep, rich voice, he p ...

as Tirera * John Pickard as Hank Brady *

James K Anderson James Anderson (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Bob E. Lee Ewell in ''To Kill a Mockingbird ...

as Dullah * Peter Coe as Hanrah *

John Wengraf John Wengraf (23 April 1897 – 4 May 1974) was an Austrian actor. Early years Wengraf was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Career Wengraf became a matinee idol in the 1930s, and was director of the Vienna State Theatre. He emigrated to Brit ...

as Kalferez * Bob Templeton as Luzon's Policeman

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* 1950s action thriller films American spy films American action thriller films Cold War spy films Films directed by Charles Marquis Warren Films set in Tangier 1953 3D films Paramount Pictures films Films shot in Los Angeles 1953 crime drama films 1953 films Films scored by Paul Sawtell American 3D films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{action-film-stub