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July 1957 (USA)
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During the British retreat, David Holland (Anthony Steel) takes shelter with a Bedouin tribe and marries the sheik's daughter (Anna-Maria Sandri)...
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The Mystery Is How They Could String It Out For Two Hours
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Donald Sinden | ... | Col. Sir Charles Holland |
 | Anthony Steel | ... | Capt. David Holland |
| Anna-Maria Sandri | ... | Mabrouka ben Yussef (as Anna Maria Sandri) |
 | André Morell | ... | Sheik Salem ben Yussef (as Andre Morell) |
| Terence Sharkey | ... | Daoud Holland |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Ali |
| Ralph Truman | ... | Major Croft |
| Anthony Bushell | ... | Ambassador Baring |
| Michael Craig | ... | Sheik Faris |
| Paul Homer | ... | Khalil ben Yussef |
| Anton Diffring | ... | Senior Nazi Officer |
| Frederick Jaeger | ... | Koch, junior Nazi officer |
| Derek Sydney | ... | Interpreter |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Dying Soldier (scenes deleted) |
| Alan Coleshill | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Nanette Newman | ... | Mabrouka (voice) (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Brian Desmond Hurst | |||
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| Bryan Forbes | screenplay | |
| Robin Maugham | screenplay | |
| Robin Maugham | story | |
Produced by | |||
| William MacQuitty | .... | producer (as William Macquitty) | |
| Earl St. John | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| William Alwyn | |||
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| Desmond Dickinson | (director of photography) | ||
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| Alfred Roome | |||
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| Weston Drury Jr. | (uncredited) | ||
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| George Provis | |||
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| Beatrice Dawson | (dresses) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Eddie Knight | .... | makeup artist | |
| Iris Tilley | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Edward Joseph | .... | production manager (as Teddy Joseph) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Stanley Hosgood | .... | assistant director | |
| Patrick Clayton | .... | third assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Bert Gaiters | .... | property master (uncredited) | |
| Jack Stephens | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gordon K. McCallum | .... | sound recordist (as Gordon K.McCallum) | |
| Dudley Messenger | .... | sound recordist | |
| Don Sharpe | .... | sound editor (as Donald Sharpe) | |
| John Salter | .... | boom operator (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Dudley Lovell | .... | camera operator | |
| Norman Gryspeerdt | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| Reg Pope | .... | clapper loader (uncredited) | |
| Paul Wilson | .... | first assistant camera (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Dorothy Edwards | .... | wardrobe supervisor: women (uncredited) | |
| Bert Simmonds | .... | wardrobe supervisor: men (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Muir Mathieson | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| Arthur Alcott | .... | production controller: Pinewood Studios | |
| Beryl Booth | .... | continuity | |
Production Companies
- Rank Organisation, The (presents)
- J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1956) (UK) (theatrical)
- Rank Film Distributors of America (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
- J. Arthur Rank Film (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Elephant Films (2012) (France) (video)
- Government and Army of Libya the Rank Organisation wishes to thank for their co-operation during the making of this film
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93 min | USA:83 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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This film can be summed up as follows: sumptuous photography; turgid plot; wooden acting.
The mystery is how they could string it out for two hours. The story is that there isn't a story - it's just a travelogue across the Libyan desert. Michael Craig, who was hot property in British cinema back then, is a blacked-up Arab sheik and has no lines that I can remember. Blink and you miss him. I just couldn't work out what Anthony Steele would see in the love interest. Donald Sinden looks as though he has the mood of someone who has got out of bed the wrong side every morning of the shoot.
The only thing that must have stopped this from bombing at the box office was the novelty for the cinema-going public in grey, smog-ridden 1950s Britain of seeing 'real', 'desert' sand in colour, something they could have done on the sea front at Clacton or Bournemouth.