# Tangier Assignment

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{{short description|1955 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Tangier Assignment
| image = Tangier Assignment.jpg
| caption =
| director = [César Fernández Ardavín](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Ardav%C3%ADn) 
| producer = [Richard Fleischer](/source/Richard_Fleischer) <br> [Cyril Parker](/source/Cyril_Parker)
| writer =  Ted Leversuch <br> [Juan Traveller](/source/Juan_Traveller)
| narrator =
| starring = [Fernando Rey](/source/Fernando_Rey) <br> [Bob Simmons](/source/Bob_Simmons_(stunt_man)) <br> [Gustavo Re](/source/Gustavo_Re)
| music = [Guillermo Lazcano](/source/Guillermo_Lazcano) <br> [Ronnie O'Dell](/source/Ronnie_O'Dell)
| cinematography = [Stan Lipinski](/source/Stan_Lipinski) <br> [Alfonso Nieva](/source/Alfonso_Nieva)
| editing = [Frank Gilpin](/source/Frank_Gilpin) <br> [Petra de Nieva](/source/Petra_de_Nieva)
| studio = Hesperia Films S.A. <br> Rock Pictures
| distributor =New Realm Pictures <br> Mercurio Films
| released = {{Film date|1955|07|25|df=y}} 
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = Spain <br> United Kingdom
| language = Spanish 
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Tangier Assignment''''' (Spanish: '''''Billete para Tánger''''') is a 1955 British-Spanish [crime film](/source/crime_film) directed by [César Fernández Ardavín](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Ardav%C3%ADn)  and starring [Fernando Rey](/source/Fernando_Rey), [Bob Simmons](/source/Bob_Simmons_(stunt_man)) and [Gustavo Re](/source/Gustavo_Re).<ref>Clinton p.245-46</ref><ref>Chibnall & Murphy p.231</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Tomás Fernández](/source/Tom%C3%A1s_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(art_director)). [Location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) took place around [Tangier](/source/Tangier) in Morocco. 

==Synopsis==
An agent goes undercover in [Morocco](/source/Morocco) to investigate a [smuggling](/source/smuggling) ring, joining forces with a [nightclub](/source/nightclub) singer and local [police inspector](/source/police_inspector).

==Cast==
* [Fernando Rey](/source/Fernando_Rey) as 	Inspector
* [Bob Simmons](/source/Bob_Simmons_(stunt_man)) as Peter Valentine
* [June Powell](/source/June_Powell) as 	Vicky	
* [Bill Brandon](/source/Bill_Brandon_(actor)) as 	Willie
* [Ricardo Picazo](/source/Ricardo_Picazo) as Baron
* [Gustavo Re](/source/Gustavo_Re) as 	Schuman / Abdul
* [Zoraida](/source/Zoraida_(dancer)) 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

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