This movie begins before the opening credits, very unusual for the fifties. For the rest it belongs to the movies speaking of a French Foreign Legion topic. It is actually a sort of poor man's BEAU GESTE. But it is an action provider, though it could have been a bit more, and powerfully directed by a very inspired Lesley Selander, who proved here to be more gifted than many moviegoers may think about him. It is not actually a B picture, though produced by Bel Air - which speciality were mostly B movies. This one could have been a Jo Pevney or Newman's feature. I confouds both directors whose careers were quite similar. So, DESERT SANDS is really worth watching.
Review of Desert Sands
