Tangier Assignment

{{short description|1955 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Tangier Assignment | image = Tangier Assignment.jpg | caption = | director = César Fernández Ardavín | producer = Richard Fleischer Cyril Parker | writer = Ted Leversuch Juan Traveller | narrator = | starring = Fernando Rey Bob Simmons Gustavo Re | music = Guillermo Lazcano Ronnie O'Dell | cinematography = Stan Lipinski Alfonso Nieva | editing = Frank Gilpin Petra de Nieva | studio = Hesperia Films S.A. Rock Pictures | distributor =New Realm Pictures Mercurio Films | released = {{Film date|1955|07|25|df=y}} | runtime = 82 minutes | country = Spain United Kingdom | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Tangier Assignment''''' (Spanish: '''''Billete para Tánger''''') is a 1955 British-Spanish crime film directed by César Fernández Ardavín and starring Fernando Rey, Bob Simmons and Gustavo Re.<ref>Clinton p.245-46</ref><ref>Chibnall & Murphy p.231</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Tomás Fernández. Location shooting took place around Tangier in Morocco.

==Synopsis== An agent goes undercover in Morocco to investigate a smuggling ring, joining forces with a nightclub singer and local police inspector.

==Cast== * Fernando Rey as Inspector * Bob Simmons as Peter Valentine * June Powell as Vicky * Bill Brandon as Willie * Ricardo Picazo as Baron * Gustavo Re as Schuman / Abdul * Zoraida as Dancer

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Chibnall, Steve & Murphy, Robert. ''British Crime Cinema''. Routledge, 2005. * Clinton, Franz Anthony. ''British Thrillers, 1950–1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage''. McFarland, 2020.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0046776}}

Category:1955 films Category:1955 crime films Category:Spanish crime films Category:British crime films Category:1955 Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by César Fernández Ardavín Category:1955 British films Category:1955 Spanish films Category:Films set in Tangier Category:Films shot in Morocco