Action in Arabia is a 1944 drama film directed by Leonide Moguy and starring George Sanders and Virginia Bruce. The film was based on the 1943 novel The Fanatic of Fez by M. V. Heberden. Action in Arabia was written by Philip MacDonald and Herbert J. Biberman. The supporting cast includes Gene Lockhart and Robert Armstrong. Despite the title, the plot involves trouble and intrigue with the Nazis in Damascus, who scheme to seize control of the Suez Canal.
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Léonide Moguy was a Ukrainian, French and Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Moguy in 1955
Moguy on set of Tomorrow Is Another Day in 1950