Sirocco (1951)
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Directors
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Zero Mostel
The story
In 1925 Damascus, the native Syrians are fighting a guerrilla war against the French colonial rule of Syria. Harry Smith is an American black marketeer secretly selling weapons to the guerrillas. As the situation deteriorates, French general LaSalle orders the execution of civilian sympathizers each time that his soldiers are killed, but his head of military intelligence Colonel Feroud persuades him to simply detain civilians for 48 hours.
Genres
Adventure, Film Noir, action film, drama film, film noir, romance film, war film
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