Desert Sands (1955)
With the howling fury of a thousand sandstorms...they struck!
The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
- Date of release
- 1955-11-18
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Adventure, War
- Director
- Lesley Selander
Casting
- Ralph Meeker — Capt. David Malcolm
- Marla English — Zara
- J. Carrol Naish — Sgt. Diepel
- John Smith — Pvt. Rex Tyle
- John Carradine — Jala
- Keith Larsen — El Zanal
- Lita Milan — Alita
- Philip Tonge — Cpl. McTavish
- Ron Randell — Pvt. Havers
- Nico Minardos — Gerard
- Otto Waldis — Gabin
- Peter Mamakos — Pvt. Lucia Capella
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: California
Desert Sands is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Danny Arnold, George W. George and George F. Slavin. The film stars Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Ron Randell, John Smith and Keith Larsen.
Production
The film was based on a 1954 novel by John Robb, Punitive Action. Robb wrote a sequel to this, Storm Evil. In September 1954 it was announced Schenck-Kock productions had brought the film rights.
The film was shot at the Imperial Dunes in California. The first choice for the lead was Paul Newman who was offered $20,000 however his agent wanted $35,000 that the producers would not pay.
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