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Overview

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Writers:
Benno Vigny (play)
Jules Furthman (adaptation)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 December 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Plot:
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
Josef Von Sternberg: Eros & Abstraction—Morocco (1930)
 (From Twitch. 7 February 2009, 11:32 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Stunning Ending more (31 total)

Cast

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Gary Cooper ... Légionnaire Tom Brown

Marlene Dietrich ... Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

Adolphe Menjou ... Monsieur La Bessiere
Ullrich Haupt ... Adjutant Caesar
Eve Southern ... Madame Caesar
Francis McDonald ... A Sergeant
Paul Porcasi ... Lo Tinto, Nightclub Owner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Amy Jolly (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Germany:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lux Radio Theatre version, retitled "The Legionnaire and the Lady", starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable aired 1 June 1936. more
Quotes:
Amy Jolly: You'd better go now. I'm... beginning to like you. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Love-Tails of Morocco (1931) more
Soundtrack:
Quand l'amour meurt more

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24 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Stunning Ending, 9 February 2003
9/10
Author: Bryce David

MOROCCO is first and foremost an atmospheric film. Anyone who looks for more didn't understand what Josef von Sternberg created here. It's pure atmosphere. A reverie. The film is at times creaky but it's understandable because it was made over 70 years ago! There are several stand-out scenes in MOROCCO, including the famous kiss scene and the one when Marlene breaks a pearl necklace but what makes this Sternberg film so memorable is the stunning ending. Suddenly, the creaky film looks positively contemporary. Are we really in 1930s and not the wild 1970s?!?! The brilliant ending MAKES the movie. Without it, it would probably have been an enjoyably moody but average 1930s flick. With it, MOROCCO becomes a timeless classic. It's probably the most stunning ending ever made, with so many layers of meaning with that one prolonged static shot. It's visually brilliant and sexy on so many levels.

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