Alarm in Morocco

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Alarm in Morocco
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Directed by Jean-Devaivre
Written by André-Paul Antoine
Jean-Devaivre
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Produced byJean-Devaivre
Lucien Masson
Starring Jean-Claude Pascal
Gianna Maria Canale
Erich von Stroheim
Cinematography Lucien Joulin
Edited by Louis Devaivre
Raymond Lamy
Music by Joseph Kosma
Production
companies
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 15 November 1953 (1953-11-15)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Language French

Alarm in Morocco (French: Alerte au sud, Italian: Allarme a sud) is a 1953 French-Italian adventure film directed by Jean-Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale and Erich von Stroheim. [1] Partly shot on location in Morocco, it was made using the Gevacolor process.

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Plot

In the south of French Morocco, two members of the Foreign Legion uncover what they believe to be the testing of a secret weapon.

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