The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
Peter Bourne
- Weems
- (uncredited)
Marc Cavell
- El Zanel as a Boy
- (uncredited)
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- GoofsThe lookouts at the Fort are maintaining a constant vigil so they should have seen the two burning crosses being lit as well as the bodies of the dying and wounded legionnaires being placed near the cross especially since it was broad daylight.
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A 1955 film that plays like 2014 politics
Reviewers panning the whiteness of the Arabs, the diction of the Arab revolutionist? It's a drama, made in the USA as entertainment, not a documentary. The Arab princess, Marla English,had me excited in the 1950s and I loved how her servant assisted her escape from close confinement. Of course it's all implausible, but I don't watch movies for plausibility. Of course the officers of the Legion are supposed to be French and the enlisted fighters all foreigners. Again, I have to complaint that might demonstrate my 'intelligence' as a critic. The plot is a pan Islamic uprising against the French annexation of North Africa as colonial affront to the locals. The 'bad guy' is a fanatic with murderous ambition to rule as Mohammad had ruled, with an iron fist and discipline. I still prefer Ten Tall Men and Jody Lawrence in that, but this film was delightful in unexpected timeliness, after the Arab Spring. Now I'll go look up Marla English and find out what happened to her.
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- akapellaakademy865
- Jan 22, 2014
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- Abrechnung in Fort Valeau
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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