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Calorie Rating: 112
Released: 1943-07-03
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,

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An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Director / Directors

Raoul Walsh

Director

Cast

George Raft

Character: Joe Barton

Brenda Marshall

Character: Tamara Zaleshoff

Sydney Greenstreet

Character: Colonel Robinson

Peter Lorre

Character: Nikolai Zaleshoff

Osa Massen

Character: Ana Remzi

Turhan Bey

Character: Hassan

Willard Robertson

Character: 'Mac' McNamara

Kurt Katch

Character: Mailler

Nino Bellini

Character: Turkish Secretary

Eumenio Blanco

Character: Syrian Vendor

John Bleifer

Character: Secretary

Walter Bonn

Character: German Officer

Dick Botiller

Character: Plane Announcer

Jack Chefe

Character: Elevator Operator

Pedro de Cordoba

Character: Baba - Old Turk

Jean De Briac

Character: Levantine Porter

Charles De Ravenne

Character: Bellboy

Jack Deery

Character: Man at Train Station

Jean Del Val

Character: Clerk

William Edmunds

Character: Waiter with Information

Fernanda Eliscu

Character: Turkish Wife on Train

Demetris Emanuel

Character: Turkish Official

Hassan Ezzat

Character: Turkish Conductor

Curt Furburg

Character: Franz Von Papen

Steven Geray

Character: Ludwig Rader

Rudy Germane

Character: Club Patron

Frederick Giermann

Character: Attaché

Lisa Golm

Character: German Daughter

Carl Harbaugh

Character: Butler

Carl Harbord

Character: Minor Role

Yeghishe Harout

Character: Turkish Policeman

Ernst Hauessermann

Character: Clerk

Charles Irwin

Character: Hotchkins - English Traveler

Dave Kashner

Character: Minor Role

James Khan

Character: Train Caller

Manart Kippen

Character: Ivan

Kurt Kreuger

Character: Chauffeur

Charles La Torre

Character: Moustaffa - Typesetter

Liparit

Character: Wagon Driver

Jerry Mandy

Character: Italian on Train

Lou Marcelle

Character: Commentator

Michael Mark

Character: Hotel Night Clerk

Georges Metaxa

Character: L.V. Bastaki

Ray Miller

Character: Chauffeur

Daniel Ocko

Character: Igor Rashenko

Sylvia Opert

Character: Nautch Dancer

Nestor Paiva

Character: Koylan

John Piffle

Character: Fat Turk on Train

Paul Porcasi

Character: Customs Official with Joe

Frank Puglia

Character: Syrian Vendor

Frank Reicher

Character: Rudick - the Assasin

Otto Reichow

Character: Mailler's Henchman

Georges Renavent

Character: Customs Official with Ana

Antonio Samaniego

Character: Policeman

Cosmo Sardo

Character: Clerk

Irene Seidner

Character: German Mother

Cap Somers

Character: Chef

Tom Steele

Character: Thug at Newspaper Office

Robert R. Stephenson

Character: German

Rafael Alcayde

Character: Turkish Husband on Train

Nick Thompson

Character: Butler

John Van Eyck

Character: Official

Juan Varro

Character: Policeman

Wilhelm von Brincken

Character: German Official

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Character: German Officer

Leo White

Character: Whispering Agent

Fred Wolff

Character: Reiger

William Yetter Sr.

Character: Schneider - Mailler's Henchman

Alfred Zeisler

Character: Attaché

Production and Crew

Eric Ambler

Novel

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Jerry Wald

Producer

Tony Gaudio

Director of Photography

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Jack Killifer

Editor

Daniel Fuchs

Writer

Hugh Reticker

Art Direction

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

William Faulkner

Writer