Tangier (1946)

Tangier is a 1946 American film noir mystery film directed by George Waggner and starring Maria Montez, Robert Paige and Sabu. It is set in the international city of Tangier, Morocco and was one of the last final Universal Pictures films before the studio’s reorganization as Universal-International in July 1946.

The film features a variety of well-known Universal players completing their contracts, such as Montez, Paige and Louise Allbritton. The film was produced at the insistence of Montez, who had grown weary of her typecasting in Technicolor oriental adventures.

Director – George Waggner

Writers – M.M. Musselman (screenplay), Monte Collins (screenplay), Alice D.G. Miller (original story)

Cast –
Maria Montez as Rita
Robert Paige as Paul Kenyon
Sabu as Pepe
Preston Foster as Col. Jose Artiego
Louise Allbritton as Dolores
Kent Taylor as Ramon
J. Edward Bromberg as Alex Rocco
Reginald Denny as Fernandez
Charles Judels as Dmitri
Erno Verebes as Capt. Cartiaz
Billy Green as Mike
Dorothy Lawrence as Maid
Francis McDonald as Sanchez
George Lynn as Lieutenant
Joan Fulton as Rocco’s Blonde
Pat Alphin in minor role

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Plot

In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle Adolpho Fernandez, a Nazi diamond smuggler.