Acting
Bogart's cynical smirk could sell sand to Syrians
Production
Paramount's fake Damascus looks expensive and wrong
Costume
Märta Torén's gowns defy 1945 rationing logic
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Columbia rushed this out to capitalize on Casablanca's success; Bogart reportedly called it 'Sirocc-no'.
Shot entirely in California with Paramount's 'Syrian street' recycled from previous productions—colonial cinema literally building fake empire.
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