Little know war movie set in Libya during the German advance toward the Egypitan cities of Alexandria and Cairo in the fateful summer of 1942.Yossof Streyer, Wilhelm Von Brincken, masquerading around as a Czech running the Streyer Importing & Exporting Co.
Mediocre War-time tale set in the sands of Libya. An American war correspondent, Mike Malone(Walter Woolf King)stumbles on possibly the story of his career.
It definitely fits the time period as the Axis & Allies were playing espionage games throughout most of North Africa & the rest of the world. It's not the best of films, but certainly not the worst of the budget films as described previously from the compilation War Classics.
This gloriously silly "rah rah" America film was made right after the American entry in World War 2. Its a wild romp with a jerk for a lead but enough jokes action and mismatched stock footage to be a great deal of fun in the right frame of mind.
You don't expect much from a PRC picture, and with rare exceptions--mainly from Edgar G. Ulmer and a few by Joseph H.
Mike Malone is an obnoxious and stupid American reporter who, inexplicably, is hanging out under cover in Libya! He's boorish and stupid--which is a nice match, as all the rest of the folks in the film are really dumb.
This film is an example of what a low budget "B" film can be like. "A Yank In Libya" is one of those more classic B films amongst movie buffs, as well known for its title as it is for being a "poverty row" film.
An American reporter in Libya discovers that the Nazis are trying to arm the Arabs and assist them in rising up against the British. Several people eventually combine to foil the plot.
You have to swallow a whole lot in order to give A Yank in Libya any credence of any kind. This was inflicted on the wartime American public by that bottom rung Poverty Row studio PRC.
