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Bengazi (1955)

79 min  -  Drama | Adventure | Crime  -   14 September 1955 (USA)
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An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by bellicose Bedouin bandits.

Director:

John Brahm

Writers:

Jeff Bailey (story), Endre Bohem (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Conte Richard Conte ...
John Gillmore
Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen ...
Robert Emmett Donovan
Richard Carlson Richard Carlson ...
Insp. Levering
Mala Powers ...
Aileen Donovan
Richard Erdman ...
Selby
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez ...
Kamal (as Gonzales Gonzales)
Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke ...
Nora Nielson
Maurice Hill Maurice Hill ...
Peters (as Maury Hill)
Jay Novello Jay Novello ...
Basim
Albert Carrier Albert Carrier ...
MacMillan
Eileen Rowe Eileen Rowe ...
Lily
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Storyline

An American with a shady past, John Gilmore and an Irishman without a conscience, Robert Emmett Donovan, are in search of hidden gold secreted in an old mosque by desert people during the Montgomery-Rommel fighting. Gilmore, a partner with Donovan in a bistro, learns of the gold from Shelby and the two plan to get it, but Donovan learns of it and, despite the arrival of his daughter, Aileen, who he has not seen since her childhood, joins Gilmore and Shelby. A jeep they steal puts Inspector Levering on their trail and he sets out after them, with Aileen, in a plane. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Desert | Buried Treasure | Beautiful Woman

Taglines:

They Holed Up In Hell!

Genres:

Drama | Adventure | Crime

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La moschea nel deserto See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Panamint Film See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The last music score for RKO by Roy Webb, who had been with the studio since 1929. See more »

Soundtracks

"Bengazi"
Written by Murray Arnold
Performed by Murray Arnold and the Jamsters See more »