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Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert

1960•1h 32m•6.3/10
Comedy

Ratings

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6.3/10(6)

In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries to build his resort atop oil-rich land. A war erupts between rival desert bands as they vie for the rights to the oil, but it is the travel agent who wins out in the end

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Production

Associated British Picture Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charlie Drake

Charlie Drake

Charlie Sands

Peter Arne

Peter Arne

Sheikh El Jabez

Sarah Branch

Sarah Branch

Janet Brown

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Bossom

Rebecca Dignam

Nerima

Peter Illing

Peter Illing

Sheikh Ibrahim

Harold Kasket

Harold Kasket

Abdulla

Marne Maitland

Marne Maitland

Advisor to Sheikh

Neil McCarthy

Neil McCarthy

Hassan

Derek Sydney

Mamud

Alan Tilvern

Alan Tilvern

Mustafa

Martin Benson

Martin Benson

Selim

Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann

Scrobin

Inia Te Wiata

Inia Te Wiata

Fahid

Paul Stassino

Paul Stassino

Pilot

Judith Furse

Judith Furse

Yasmin

Martin Boddey

Martin Boddey

Mertons

Madge Brindley

Fat Lady in Bus

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

1st Tourist

Charles Carson

Charles Carson

Philpotts

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