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Calorie Rating: 112
Released: 1943-07-03
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

Russell Saunders

First Assistant 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: McNamara

Kurt Katch

Character: Mailler

Rafael Alcayde

Character: Turkish Husband on Train (uncredited)

Nino Bellini

Character: Turkish Secretary (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

Character: Syrian Vendor (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Character: Secretary (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

Character: German Officer (uncredited)

Dick Botiller

Character: Plane Announcer (uncredited)

Mary Chan

Character: Club Patron (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Character: Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Pedro de Cordoba

Character: Baba (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

Character: Levantine Porter (uncredited)

Charles De Ravenne

Character: Bellboy (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Character: Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Jean Del Val

Character: Clerk (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Character: Waiter with Information (uncredited)

Fernanda Eliscu

Character: Turkish Wife on Train (uncredited)

Demetris Emanuel

Character: Turkish Official (uncredited)

Hassan Ezzat

Character: Turkish Conductor (uncredited)

Curt Furburg

Character: Franz Von Papen (uncredited)

Steven Geray

Character: Ludwig Rader (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Character: Club Patron (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

Character: Attaché (uncredited)

Lisa Golm

Character: German Daughter (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Character: Butler (uncredited)

Carl Harbord

Character: Minor Role (uncredited)

Yeghishe Harout

Character: Turkish Policeman (uncredited)

Ernst Hauessermann

Character: Clerk (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Character: Hotchkins (uncredited)

Dave Kashner

Character: Newspaper Worker (uncredited)

James Khan

Character: Train Caller (uncredited)

Manart Kippen

Character: Ivan (uncredited)

Kurt Kreuger

Character: Chauffeur (uncredited)

Charles La Torre

Character: Moustaffa (uncredited)

Liparit

Character: Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Jerry Mandy

Character: Italian on Train (uncredited)

Lou Marcelle

Character: Commentator (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Character: Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)

Georges Metaxa

Character: L.V. Bastaki (uncredited)

Ray Miller

Character: Chauffeur (uncredited)

Moy Ming

Character: Club Patron (uncredited)

Daniel Ocko

Character: Igor Rashenko (uncredited)

Sylvia Opert

Character: Nautch Dancer (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Character: Koylan (uncredited)

John Piffle

Character: Fat Turk on Train (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Character: Customs Official with Joe (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Character: Syrian Vendor (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Character: Rudick (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

Character: Mailler's Henchman (uncredited)

Georges Renavent

Character: Customs Official with Ana (uncredited)

Antonio Samaniego

Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Character: Clerk (uncredited)

Irene Seidner

Character: German Mother (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Character: Chef (uncredited)

Tom Steele

Character: Thug at Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Character: German (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

Character: Butler (uncredited)

John Van Eyck

Character: Official (uncredited)

Juan Varro

Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Brincken

Character: German Official (uncredited)

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Character: German Officer (uncredited)

Leo White

Character: Whispering Agent (uncredited)

Fred Wolff

Character: Reiger (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

Character: Schneider (uncredited)

Alfred Zeisler

Character: Attaché (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Jerry Wald

Producer

Jack Killifer

Editor

Tony Gaudio

Director of Photography

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Eric Ambler

Novel

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Daniel Fuchs

Writer

Hugh Reticker

Art Direction

William Faulkner

Writer

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Casey Roberts

Set Decoration

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Dolph Thomas

Sound

Warren Lynch

Special Effects

Willard Van Enger

Special Effects

Leo F. Forbstein

Music Director

Bernhard Kaun

Additional Music

Heinz Roemheld

Additional Music

Clifford Vaughan

Additional Music

Hugh Cummings

Dialogue Coach

Nazim Kalkavan

Technical Advisor