Zarak

Zarak (1956)

For the Harem Beauty...Mighty Zarak Fought Half a Continent!

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

Date of release
1956-12-01
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Romance, Action, Adventure
Director
Terence Young

Casting

Interesting facts

Zarak is a 1956 CinemaScope adventure film directed by Terence Young with assistance from John Gilling and Yakima Canutt. Set in the Northwest Frontier of British India, the film stars Victor Mature, Michael Wilding and Anita Ekberg and features Patrick McGoohan in a supporting role. It was written by Richard Maibaum based on the 1949 book The Story of Zarak Khan by A.J. Bevan.

Production

Filming begin Morocco on 1 November 1955 with Yakima Canutt in charge of the second unit. Victor Mature, under a two-picture deal with Warwick, joined the production on 19 November.

Ted Moore handled some of the Technicolor/CinemaScope photography for the film.

Stuntman Bob Simmons, who performed and doubled several stars in the film, noted that Mature refused to ride a horse. When his stunt double Jack Keely was killed in a horse accident on the set, Mature insisted on personally paying for his funeral.

Studio work took place at Elstree Studios.

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