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Nazi Collaborationism | Nazi
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Film debut of Michael Ansara.
Desert footage was shot by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in 1937 for an unmade film on the life of Lawrence of Arabia..
The opening sequence with a map showing North Africa imitates the opening of the previous year's Casablanca (1942) including utilizing Lou Marcelle as narrator.
George Sanders was borrowed from Twentieth Century-Fox and Lenore Aubert from Samuel Goldwyn Productions for this film.
The aging sheik who defends his desert fortress against Nazi invaders is played by one of the longest-lived and busiest of Hollywood character actors - H.B. Warner who had pivotal and/or memorable roles in many a classic film. He portrayed the role of Jesus in the silent version of The King of Kings, was the aging, addled town druggist in the perennial holiday favorite It's a Wonderful Life, and was one of Norman Desmond's "waxworks" in Sunset Blvd.
"Matthew Reed: You're a troublemaker, Gordon! Michael Gordon: That's what Herr Goebbels said about me once. I was deeply flattered."
"Michael Gordon: [stops dancing] I just couldn't permit our talent to be bumped all over the floor."
