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Director:
Joseph Pevney
Writers:
Georges Arthur Surdez (novel)
Irving Wallace (writer) ...
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Release Date:
8 May 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure more
Tagline:
A RECKLESS LEGEND OF THE FOREIGN LEGION! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
Paul Lartal of the Foreign Legion meets the princess of a lost city in the Algerian mountains. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Alan Ladd ... Paul Lartal
Richard Conte ... Crito Damou aka Omar Ben Khalif
Arlene Dahl ... Morjana
Akim Tamiroff ... Pvt. Plevko
Oscar Beregi Sr. ... Si Khalil (as Oscar Beregi)

Leon Askin ... Maj. Vasil
Anthony Caruso ... Lt. Massaoud
George J. Lewis ... Lt. Lopez
Sujata ... Dancer
Asoka ... Dancer
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Lone Pine, California, USA
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

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Crito Damou aka Omar Ben Khalif: [to Lt. Lopez] A brave and silent soldier. We shall see how long you can remain brave and silent. more

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Description, 18 March 2009
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Author: Douglas Gordon from United States

INTERESTED IN GETTING A COPY OF THIS OLD FILM? READ AT THE END OF THIS DESCRIPTION.

In this romantic desert adventure a handsome, Foreign Legionnaire survives a surprise attack and becomes the ward of a beautiful princess who takes him back to her splendiferous city in the remote mountains. After he heals, she begs his assistance, but still weakened from his injuries, he passes out. When he awakens, he is back in his fort. Though he tells everyone about his strange experience, no one believes him. Later the enigmatic princess gets a message to him. Teaming up with a fellow soldier, the two sneak out of the fort and follow the courier back to the magical city and meet the man in charge, another ex-Legionnaire. He is a good fellow, and worries that an evil sheik will succeed in his campaign. The brave hero does all he can to prevent that from happening while simultaneously falling in love with the beautiful princess.

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