Fort Algiers is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Theodore St John. The film reused action sequences from Outpost in Morocco (1949) and starred Yvonne De Carlo , Carlos Thompson , Raymond Burr , Leif Erickson , Anthony Caruso , John Dehner , Robert Boon and Henry Corden . The film was released on July 15, 1953, by United Artists .
5-479: A female secret agent is sent to French North Africa posing as a night club singer to investigate the massacre of a French Foreign Legion outpost. She discovers a treacherous leader planning an attack on strategic oil fields. In 1952 Yvonne De Carlo announced she and her agent Paul Kohner would form their own production company, Vancouver Productions. They said their first film would be an adventure story which would co star Carlos Thompson , an actor de Carlo met on
10-616: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . French North Africa French North Africa ( French : Afrique du Nord française , sometimes abbreviated to ANF ) is a term often applied to the three territories that were controlled by France in the North African Maghreb during the colonial era , namely Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia . In contrast to French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa which existed as federations of French colonies and administrative entities in their own right, French North Africa
15-737: The Métropole or metropolitan France . In subsequent decades, a substantial European settler population emerged in Algeria known as the Pieds-Noirs . Seeking to expand their influence beyond Algeria, the French established protectorates to the east and west of it. The French protectorate of Tunisia was established in 1881, following a swift military invasion , and the French protectorate in Morocco in 1912, following
20-493: The set of a movie in South America and recommended him for the male lead. In November 1952 it was announced the film would be called Fort Courageous and would be made by Atlantic Productions, the company of Joseph Armolieff. It was based on a story by Frederick Stephani and screenplay by Theodore St John. Filming started 15 December 1952. De Carlo said she had her own money in the film. This article about an action film
25-501: Was never more than a term of convenience to refer to the three separately governed territories under different forms of colonial regime. In the 19th century, the decline of the Ottoman Empire , which had loosely controlled the area since the 16th century, left the region vulnerable to other forces. In 1830, French troops captured Algiers and from 1848 until independence in 1962, France treated Algeria as an integral part of France,
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