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Tangier Assignment
''Tangier Assignment'' (Spanish: ''Billete para Tánger'') is a 1955 British-Spanish crime film directed by César Fernández Ardavín and starring Fernando Rey, Bob Simmons and Gustavo Re.Chibnall & Murphy p.231 The film's sets were designed by the art director Tomás Fernández. Location shooting took place around Tangier in Morocco. Synopsis An agent goes undercover in Morocco to investigate a smuggling ring, joining forces with a nightclub singer and local police inspector. Cast * Fernando Rey Fernando Casado Arambillet (20 September 1917 – 9 March 1994), best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for hi ... as Inspector * Bob Simmons as Peter Valentine * June Powell as Vicky * Bill Brandon as Willie * Ricardo Picazo as Baron * Gustavo Re as Schuman / Abdul * Zoraida as Dancer References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Fernández Ardavín
César Fernández Ardavín (22 July 1923 – 7 September 2012) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1952 and 1979. His 1959 film ''El Lazarillo de Tormes'' won the Golden Bear at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 film '' The Wanton of Spain'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. He was the nephew of the director Eusebio Fernández Ardavín and began his career working for him. Selected filmography * '' Neutrality'' (1949) * '' The Call of Africa'' (1952) * '' An Impossible Crime'' (1954) *'' Tangier Assignment'' (1955) * ''The Cat'' (1956) * ''The Open Door'' (1957) * ''El Lazarillo de Tormes ''El Lazarillo de Tormes'' is a 1959 Spanish- Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel ''Lazarillo de Tormes'' (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to liv ...'' (1959) * '' The Wanton of Spain'' (1969) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |