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Tangier is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Waggner released in USA on 6 june 1946 with María Montez
Tangier (1946)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 june 1946
Length 1h14
Directed by George Waggner
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating61%
Tangier is a 1946 black-and-white thriller film set in the city of Tangier, Morocco that was directed by George Waggner and filmed on Universal's backlot. It was one of the last Universal Pictures films before it merged into Universal-International in July 1946.
The film features a variety of well-known Universal players completing their contracts, such as Maria Montez, Robert Paige and Louise Allbritton, and well-known 1940s stars Preston Foster and Sabu who sings "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".
The plot tells a tale of an escaped Nazi war criminal who is a diamond smuggler.
The film was made at the insistence of Maria Montez who was sick of being typecast in Technicolor oriental adventures.
Actors
María Montez
(Rita)
Sabu
(Pepe)
Robert Paige
(Paul Kenyon)
Preston Foster
(Col. Jose Artiego)
Kent Taylor
(Ramon)
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