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Candlelight in Algiers   1944         N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama Director: George King   Cast: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Walter Rilla, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Pamela Stirling, Lea Seidl, Leslie Bradley, Meinhart Maur, Harold Berens, Hella Kurty, Michael Morel, Richard George, Paul Bonifas, Bart Norman   Fact and fiction combine in this World War II political espionage film that involves plans for a meeting of Allied leaders along the Algerian coast. British agent Alex Thurston (James Mason) is assigned to job of recovering a film showing the exact location of where Eisnehower's top aide, Gen. Mark Clark (Bart Norman), and other important Allies are planning to meet. While Thurston searches for the film in Algiers, Nazi agent Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla) trails him. But it is Thurston who—with help from American sculptress Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) and her French friend Yvette (Pamela Stirling)—finds the film, alerts Allied officers, and saves the day. Cast James Mason Alan Thurston Carla Lehmann Susan Foster Walter Rilla Dr. Muller Raymond Lovell Von Alven Enid Stamp-Taylor Maritza Pamela Stirling Yvette Lea Seidl Sister Leslie Bradley Henri de Lange Meinhart Maur Schulz Harold Berens Toni Hella Kurty Maid Michael Morel Commissioner Richard George Skipper Paul Bonifas Proprietor Bart Norman Gen. Mark Clark