Outpost in Morocco (1949) directed by Robert Florey

Outpost in Morocco (1949) Stars: George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff
Approved | 1h 32min | Action , Adventure | 2 May 1949 (USA)
action adventure film directed by Robert Florey, starring George Raft and Marie Windsor. Paul Gerard (George Raft), a Moroccan Spahi officer and his French Foreign Legion garrison, holds off attacks from the native tribes of the Emir of Bel-Rashad (Eduard Franz), the father of Cara (Marie Windsor), the woman he loves. As a rarity amongst American films of the Foreign Legion genre, the Legion cooperated with the producers. A second unit led by Robert Rossen filmed scenes in Morocco. Some of the large scale action scenes of the film were reused in Fort Algiers and Legion of the Doomed.After escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.
Director: Robert Florey
Writers: Charles Grayson (screenplay), Paul de Sainte Colombe (screenplay) | 1 more credit »