Desert Warrior (1957)

Prince Saïd escapes his father's murderers, sent by traitor Ibrahim who quickly takes over the throne. Becoming a desert bandit he fights to get back his rights, meeting in the meantime beautiful Amina, Ibrahim's daughter.

Directors:

Goffredo Alessandrini (as G. Alessandrini), Fernando Cerchio (as F. Cerchio)

Writers:

Alfonso Paso (adaptation), Mariano Ozores (adaptation)

Stars:

Carmen Sevilla, Ricardo Montalban, Gino Cervi

Cast

Cast overview:
Carmen Sevilla	...	Princess Amina
Ricardo Montalban	...	Prince Said
Gino Cervi	...	Ibrahim
José Guardiola	...	Kamal
Franca Bettoia	...	Suleika
Manuel Guitián	...	Nur-el-Din
Domingo Rivas
Manuel Alcón
Mariangela Giordano	...	Aicha (as Maria Angela Giordano)
Joaquín Bergía
Félix Briones
Pilar Gómez Ferrer

Storyline

Prince Saïd escapes his father's murderers, sent by traitor Ibrahim who quickly takes over the throne. Becoming a desert bandit he fights to get back his rights, meeting in the meantime beautiful Amina, Ibrahim's daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male bondage | whipping | arms tied overhead | desert | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Ricardo Montalban's voice was dubbed by another actor in the English language version.

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Connections

Edited into El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa (1978)

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Soundtracks

Prisionera
By Augusto Algueró (as Augusto Algueró hijo)
Performed by Carmen Sevilla

User Reviews

Lush desert adventure, with a nice 50's feel.

This desert epic was filmed in 1956, but wasn't released until two years later. The producers obviously put some money into this, as evinced by some of the epic-style footage, exotic locales, large numbers of extras and horses, costumes, etc. However, the film on a whole fails to hit the mark, showing to disadvantage in black-and-white, even though it was filmed originally in color. Like most drive-in prints, the film is only available in black-and-white, and Italy is no help in unearthing a color version. Riccardo Montalban plays well, but the beautiful Carmen Sevilla steals the program, as she secretly woos Montalban under the nose of her tyrannical father (played by Gino Cervi). Cervi acted suitably in low-budget, as well as high budget, adventure tales, but seemed to avoid the former, this one being an exception. As for the music, Sevilla sings a song entitled 'Destiny,' but the rest of the score is a tawdry re-hash which becomes repetitive after awhile. Fernando Cerchio was responsible for putting the finishing touches on this film, and perhaps for doing most of the directing as well. Overall it is a decent film, which enjoys an occasional second or third viewing.

Details

Country:

Spain Italy

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

November 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desert Warrior

Filming Locations:

Cairo, Egypt

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producciones Benito Perojo, PARC Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1