Sands of the Desert (1960)

  • NR
  • 09/08/1960 (GB)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 32m

Overview

In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries to build his resort atop oil-rich land. A war erupts between rival desert bands as they vie for the rights to the oil, but it is the travel agent who wins out in the end

John Paddy Carstairs

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Charlie Drake's headshot

Charlie Drake

Charlie Sands
Peter Arne's headshot

Peter Arne

Sheikh El Jabez
Sarah Branch's headshot

Sarah Branch

Janet Brown
Raymond Huntley's headshot

Raymond Huntley

Bossom
Rebecca Dignam's headshot

Rebecca Dignam

Nerima
Peter Illing's headshot

Peter Illing

Sheikh Ibrahim
Roger Delgado's headshot

Roger Delgado

Abu Nlal
Eric Pohlmann's headshot

Eric Pohlmann

Scrobin

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