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Outpost in Morocco is a 1949 American action adventure film directed by Robert Florey, starring George Raft and Marie Windsor.Paul Gerard (Raft), a Moroccan Spahi officer and his French Foreign Legion garrison, holds off attacks from the native tribes of the Emir of Bel-Rashad (Eduard Franz), the father of Cara (Windsor), the woman he loves. [1]
The Foreign Legion is an elite unit of the French army, established in 1831, and it has seen action throughout the world, recently in Africa and the Middle East. It has been featured in a large number of films, including a number about the legion itself, such as 1949's Outpost in Morocco.
Fort Algiers is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Theodore St John. The film reused action sequences from Outpost in Morocco (1949) and starred Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Raymond Burr, Leif Erickson, Anthony Caruso, John Dehner, Robert Boon and Henry Corden.
He settled in America and became a citizen in 1942, but struggled to establish himself in Hollywood despite producing occasional films such as Outpost in Morocco (1949) and Fort Algiers (1953). In 1944 he produced a Mexican version of Michael Strogoff (1944).
She was also in Outpost in Morocco (1949). Ridgeway was one of the Bonfire Starlets of 1942, a group of six young actresses chosen by 25 film directors as "the most physically attractive young women to come before their gaze during 1941".
It was made shortly after the production of another film about the French Foreign Legion, Outpost in Morocco. Burt Lancaster was sought for a supporting part. [5] In March 1948 it was announced Universal signed Dick Powell to play the lead. [6] Edmond O'Brien dropped out of the film to make a movie with Deanna Durbin. [7]
When Johnny Walsh, an American journalist stationed in Morocco, tries to make the attacks public, his efforts are blocked by the French censor. Some time later, a raid led by El Khobar frees the Riffs who have been forced to work in the desert building the railroad, and destroys part of the railroad.
The series was filmed in Morocco, Algiers, [4] England and Spain. [3] Eventually it became too dangerous and filming was completed at Beaconsfield Studios in London. [citation needed] CBS Television Film Sales Inc. distributed the series. [3] Assignment Foreign Legion was broadcast on Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time. [7]