The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)

Indiana Jones helps British and Australian soldiers take the town of Beersheba during the Great War.

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writer:

Frank Darabont

Stars:

Sean Patrick Flanery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julian Firth

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Indiana Jones (archive footage)
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Maya (archive footage) (as Catherine Zeta Jones)
Julian Firth	...	Richard Meinertzhagen (archive footage)
Cameron Daddo	...	Jack Anders (archive footage)
Douglas Henshall	...	T.E. Lawrence (archive footage)
Haluk Bilginer	...	Col. Ismet Bey (archive footage)
Daniel Craig	...	Schiller (archive footage)
Kerem Atabeyoglu	...	Rashid (archive footage)
Colin Baker	...	Chauvel (archive footage)
Tony Bonner	...	Bouchier (archive footage)
Terrence Hardiman	...	Fitzgerald (archive footage)
Stuart Bennett	...	Kevin (archive footage)
Todd Boyce	...	Dex (archive footage)
Bernard Brown	...	General Hodgson (archive footage)
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Kazim (archive footage)

Storyline

Working with a beautiful lady spy, Indiana Jones is assigned to assist the British forces in their attack on the Turkish-occupied town of Beersheba. With a regiment of the Australian Lighthorsemen approaching, Indy must defuse the explosives the Turks have placed throughout the town.

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Plot Keywords:

attack | t.e. lawrence | desert | cannon | bolt action rifle | 

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Genres:

Adventure | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daredevils of the Desert

Filming Locations:

Manisa, Turkey

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lucasfilm, Amblin Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Okan Bayülgen's debut.

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Quotes

Brig. Gen. William Grant: Gentlemen, our situation is passed desperate. If we do not take that town by dark our men are doomed.

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Connections

Edited from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Palestine, October 1917 (1993)

User Reviews

Boys Own Adventures

Enjoyable hokum and a throwback to the days of Saturday morning serials at the local cinema. A young hero, evil baddies and a dastardly plot that must be foiled! If you like the old type Boys Own adventures, this will be lots of fun. Just don't expect all the nuances of today's modern film making. This is all action, seat of your pants stuff for almost 80 minutes.

I felt transported back to my youth and can recommend this series of films, some are better than others and others are worse, but they all have a sense of fun.

Also nice to spot all the faces from British television, one actor from long running UK soap, Coronation Street, plays a German World War 1 officer. Quite a change of pace!

A young Catherine Zeta Jones plays a Mati Hari spy before she went on to Hollywood blockbusters and marriage or vice versa....

As young Indy, Sean Patrick Flanery makes an engaging hero and like the rest of the cast in this, looks to be enjoying himself.

Although not big budget, this betrays it's straight to video origins and plays like a good Hollywood blockbuster and I've seen far worse films with much more money spent on them.