Candlelight in Algeria
Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell.The story is loosely based on an October 1942 secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria between American general Mark W. Clark and a group of high-ranking Vichy French commanders.Ahead of the conference, British agent Alan Thurston has been assigned to travel to Algiers to recover a camera containing photos that reveal where the meeting will take place.Thurston is not aware of the meeting or the content of the photos, but he has orders to prevent the camera from reaching the Germans.Add to this the mysterious background of Algiers and a lot of international intrigue and the result is a generally entertaining picture.