George Sanders in a bright Casablanca knock off at RKO - where Bs like this were more A minuses. I love seeing Sanders as a hero.
There's a jaunty support cast full of vaguely familiar playrs. Lenore Aubert the second female lead speaks a lot like Ingrid Bergman. She's introduced too late in the day - the first half of the movie is shenangians in a nightclub the second half is action stuff in the desert with an arab leader. It feels like the film was heavily rewritten at some stage.
The direction isn't particularly energetic and I felt it slacked off as they left the city. But it has charm, the novelty of the setting and Sanders in action mode.
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