Mission in Tangier

Mission in Tangier (French: Mission à Tanger) is a 1949 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Gaby Sylvia and Mila Parély. It was the first in the trilogy of films featuring dashing reporter Georges Masse, and was followed in 1950 by Beware of Blondes. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

Plot

During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.

Cast

Raymond Rouleau as Georges Masse

Gaby Sylvia as Lily

Mila Parély as Barbara

Henri Nassiet as Alexandre Segard

Louis de Funès as a Spanish general officer

Christian Bertola as Henri Pelletier

Pierre Destailles as Maurin

Jo Dest as Herr von Kloster

Max Révol as the barkeeper

Madeleine Barbulée as the typist in the editorial department

Billy Bourbon as the cabaret spectator

Gregori Chmara as the Russian singer

Monique Darbaud as von Kloster's female escort

Gisèle François as La jeune vendeuse de fleurs du Cabaret

Lucien Frégis as Un journaliste

Louis de Funès as Le colonel espagnol

Claude Garbe as La secrétaire de Segard

Jacques Henley as Le colonel britannique au cabaret

Jacqueline Huet as La dame du vestiaire au cabaret

Nicole Jonesco as Une standardiste

Véra Norman as La militaire dans l'avion

Jean Richard as Le président

Andrée Tainsy as La balayeuse du cabaret

Gérard Séty as Un client du cabaret

Van Doude as Un client du cabaret

André Valmy as Beaudoit

Bernard Lajarrige as P'tit Louis

Nadine Tallier as Une jeune femme dans le cabaret

References

External links

1949 films

1949 drama films

1940s French-language films

Films directed by André Hunebelle

Films set in 1942

Films set in Tangier

Films about journalists

Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard

French black-and-white films

French drama films

Films shot at Billancourt Studios

1940s French films