Mission in Tangier is a 1949 French

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle was a French director born September 1, 1896 in Meudon , died 27 November 1985 in Nice .Hunebelle was a former publisher of a French newspaper called La Fleché...

 and starring Raymond Rouleau, Gaby Sylvia and Mila Parély

Mila Parély

Mila Parély is a French actress best known for the roles of Belle's sister in Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête and as Geneviève in La Règle du jeu. She gave up acting in the late 1950s in order to take care of her race-car driving husband, who had been injured in an accident.She also worked with...

. It was the first in the trilogy of films featuring dashing reporter Georges Masse, it was followed in 1950 by Méfiez-vous des blondes

Méfiez-vous des blondes

Méfiez-vous des blondes is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Martine Carol and Claude Farell. It is part of the trilogy of films featuring reporter Georges Masse. It was preceded by Mission in Tangier in 1949 and followed by Massacre in Lace...

. During the Second World War Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.

Cast

• Raymond Rouleau ... Georges Masse
• Gaby Sylvia ... Lily
• Mila Parély
  Mila Parély
  Mila Parély is a French actress best known for the roles of Belle's sister in Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête and as Geneviève in La Règle du jeu. She gave up acting in the late 1950s in order to take care of her race-car driving husband, who had been injured in an accident.She also worked with...
  
   ... Barbara
• Henri Nassiet ... Alexandre Segard
• Christian Bertola ... Henri Pelletier
• Pierre Destailles ... Maurin
• Jo Dest ... Von Kloster
• Max Révol ... Le barman
• Madeleine Barbulée ... Une dactylo du journal
• Billy Bourbon ... Un client du cabaret
• Gregori Chmara ... Le chanteur russe
• Monique Darbaud ... La femme qui accompagne Von Kloster