Candlelight in Algeria (1944)

Directed by

George King

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, American and British agents work together in Algeria to secure a secret meeting with Vichy French commanders. The goal is to convince the commanders not to fight back when Allied forces invade North Africa.

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What happens

Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. The story is loosely based on an October 1942 secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria between American general Mark W. Clark and a group of high-ranking Vichy French commanders. At the conference, the Vichy French commanders agreed to not resist the Operation Torch landings in Vichy France-controlled French North Africa that occurred one month later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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