[ReformationFan]

If you've ever wondered how "Casablanca" might've looked if Errol Flynn was in it instead of Humphrey Bogart, today's feature gives you a chance replete with Ingrid Bergman lookalike and soundalike Cornell Borchers(she could easily pass for Ingrid's sister) as his leading lady and Nat "King" Cole playing the Sam/Dooley Wilson equivalent and his hit song "When I Fall In Love" serving as this film's "As Time Goes By." A lavish and enjoyable Technicolor and CinemaScope exotic, romantic adventure that combines "Casablanca" with a 1947 Fred MacMurray/Ava Gardner film noir named "Singapore".

[ReformationFan]

ping

[arthurus]

I saw that, long ago.

[lee martell]

I’m guessing that filming crew was welcomed over in Turkey back then, because of all the business they brought to the city of Istanbul. Who knows if that could happen today without kidnap attempts made on the Leading Lady, or acid thrown at any female camera crews who were not covered up.

I will say that my only encounter with Turkey was around 1980, while in the Navy. We went to Izmir Turkey. I was treated well, and had enough sense not to argue politics while sitting in a restaurant or a bar. This was right after the planes Carter authorized for the Iran Hostage Rescue got caught in a sandstorm.

[LaybackLenny]

NOT Constantinople

[Silentgypsy]

Thanks!