Sahara (1983)

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

Menahem Golan (story), James R. Silke

Stars:

Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, Horst Buchholz

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Brooke Shields	...	Dale
Lambert Wilson	...	Jaffar
Horst Buchholz	...	Von Glessing
John Rhys-Davies	...	Rasoul
Ronald Lacey	...	Beg
Cliff Potts	...	String
Perry Lang	...	Andy
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira	...	Mayor (as Yaacov Ben-Sira)
John Mills	...	Cambridge
Tuvia Tavi	...	Bertocelli
Steve Forrest	...	Gordon
Terrence Hardiman	...	Browne
Shahar Cohen	...	Abu
Zehava Twena	...	Yasmin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabi Amrani	...	Omar

Storyline

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

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Plot Keywords:

desert | sheik | auto racing | year 1927 | 1920s | 

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Taglines:

She challenged the desert, its men, their passions and ignited a bold adventure.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aventuras en el Sahara

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cabal Film, Cannon Group, London-Cannon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Early press on this movie was so bad that the film company halted it from release in almost every market east of the Mississippi River.

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Soundtracks

"Ragtime Dance"
(uncredited)
Music by Scott Joplin
Lyrics by Alex Masters
Performed by The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

User Reviews

Surprisingly not as bad as the critics tolds us back in the 80's

Today I watched this movie for the very first time. Back in the 80's this movie never made it to my home town, I guess because of the poor critics, and that was a shame because i really wanted to watch it, I had such a big crush on Brooke Shields during the early 80's. I knew that the movie was probably just a lame excuse to expose her sex appeal and popularity, and there were probably little to none substance in the movie it self. After reading the reviews I thought that this was probably a horrible fiasco of a movie I still wanted to watch it, but like i said I was never able until today. What a surprise... the movie is indeed not a big deal at all, but by far boring, it was rather entertaining, I mean not every piece of cinema has to be a master piece, but as long it is entertaining it will be alright, and this one it is alright. The rating is 4 out of 10, my self out of watching it and enjoying it and being able to watch again young Brooke in her prime it was worth it. I would give it a 5 out of 10.