Escape from Zahrain

Escape from Zahrain (1962)

Escape to Explosive Adventure!

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Date of release
1962-05-23
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Ronald Neame

Casting

Interesting facts

Escape from Zahrain is a 1962 American Panavision adventure film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Yul Brynner. The film is based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain by Michael Barrett (1960) and is produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The film was based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain which was published in 1960. Paramount bought the novel prior to publication and gave the job to adapting the script to Dudley Nichols.

In October 1960 Paramount's then-chairman Jack Karp announced Richard Matheson was doing a script and Edward Dmytryk was going to direct the film.

By May 1961 Yul Brynner was attached as star, with Ronald Neame to produce and direct and Sal Mineo to co star. Robin Estridge wrote the script.

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