A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.
James O'Hara
- Danny Boy
- (as Jim Lilburn)
Gérard Tichy
- Cronkhite
- (as Gerard Tichy)
Carmen Carrasco
- Flamenco Dancer in Frisco's Bar
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaAlso known as 'Fire Over Africa'.
- Quotes
Van Logan: Hi
Joanna Dana: Alright talk and talk fast and I better like your story
Van Logan: Like any other woman your late
Joanna Dana: Late, Late for what?
Van Logan: The dinner I told you about, what all this?
Joanna Dana: Oh, I forgot to tell ya, I'm just a natural true born slob
Van Logan: Countess you can't discourage me that easily
- ConnectionsReferences Casbah (1948)
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Maureen OHara foreign intrigue in Tangier
Maureen Ohara (was Mrs. Miniver, also the queen of westerns and traveler to many foreign lands) as spy Joanna Dana. Always witty and lovely, she trades barbs with just about everyone she meets in her mission to break up the ring of pirates and smugglers in the Mediterranean. When one of her associates run into trouble, the only clue she has is a cigarette lighter. Along the way, she runs into casino/bar owner Frisco (Binnie Barnes), who gives her a job. Also look for Maureen's brother James as Danny Boy, who didn't make nearly as many films as Maureen. I kept thinking of the Wonderwoman TV show while watching this; everything seems to happen around Joanna, and given her slow reflexes, she would have been knocked off pretty quickly in real life. While some spies would keep a low profile, Joanna wears flashy dresses and lots of make up. Macdonald Carey, local boat owner (Van Logan) decides to give her a tour of the town. This film "Fire Over Africa" is also known as "Malaga" (for the town in Spain, where a lot of the action takes place.) Interesting scenery of Tangiers at the beginning, and also of Malaga, later in the film. Also interesting to note that the director Richard Sale had written the novel "Not too Narrow, Not too Deep", which was later made into "Strange Cargo" with C Gable and J Crawford.
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- ksf-2
- Aug 19, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- 1.85 : 1
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