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The White Squadron (1949 film)

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The White Squadron
Directed byRené Chanas
Written byRené Chanas
René Lefèvre
Based onThe White Squadron by Joseph Peyré
Produced byRené Chanas
StarringJean Chevrier
René Lefèvre
Michèle Martin
CinematographyNikolai Toporkoff
Edited byLola Barache
Music byJean Wiener
Production
company
Acteurs et Techniciens Associés du Cinéma
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
  • 1 July 1949 (1949-07-01)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The White Squadron (French: L'escadron blanc) is a 1949 French adventure film directed by René Chanas and starring Jean Chevrier, René Lefèvre and Michèle Martin.[1] [2] It is based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Joseph Peyré, which was made into a 1936 Italian film The White Squadron.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean-Roger Bertrand. Location shooting took place around Adrar in the Sahara Desert in French Algeria. Members of the Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion appeared as themselves in the film.

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A squadron of French mounted troops carry out a dangerous mission in a remote part of Algeria. When the captain is killed, his second-in-command takes over and successfully leads the remaining troops back to their base.

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Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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