Maureen O'Hara

John Payne

Howard Da Silva

Phillip Reed

Grant Withers

Lowell Gilmore

Frank Fenton

Grandon Rhodes

Connie Gilchrist

Alan Napier

Herbert Heyes

Alberto Morin

Emil Hanna

Rosa Turich

Ray Hyke

Walter Reed

Paul Livermore

Gregg Barton

Don Summers

Jack Pennick

Ewing Mitchell

Will Price

Winston Miller

Adventure

Action

Tripoli

Pine-Thomas Productions

Paramount Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This isn't an half bad little action adventure film with Maureen O'Hara on feisty form as the "Countess D'Arneau". She is the love interest/advisor to the refugee Pasha of Tripoli (Phillip Reed) whom the US government wants to see returned to his throne so the Tripolitan pirates will stop harassing US merchantmen. To that end, they send a small troop led by "O'Bannion" (John Payne) and what ensues is quite an action-packed yarn with plenty of subterfuge, a bit of lively love rivalry (on and off camera, apparently) before quite a an exciting conclusion. There is just the slightest hint of historical fact to the story, but historians need not reach for their red pencils - this is just colourful, well made escapism that works well on a wet Saturday afternoon.

English