Desert Legion (1953)
A RECKLESS LEGEND OF THE FOREIGN LEGION!
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
- Date of release
- 1953-05-08
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, War
- Director
- Joseph Pevney
Casting
- Alan Ladd — Paul Lartal
- Richard Conte — Crito
- Arlene Dahl — Morjana
- Akim Tamiroff — Pvt. Plevko
- Oscar Beregi Sr. — Khalil (as Oscar Berefi)
- Leon Askin — Major Vasil
- Anthony Caruso — Lt. Messaoud
- George J. Lewis — Lt. Lopez
- Sujata Rubener — Dancer (as Sujata)
- Asoka Rubener — Dancer (as Asoka)
- Eric Feldary — Legionnaire (uncredited)
- John George — Dwarf (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Desert Legion is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alan Ladd.
Production
The film was made by Universal Pictures, and based on a 1927 novel The Demon Caravan by Georges Arthur Surdez.
It was Alan Ladd's first film for Universal since becoming a star. It was a one-picture deal and gave Ladd a percentage of the profits, a relatively novel thing at the time. (He split profits with the studio 50–50.) Joseph Pevney was assigned to direct.
Ladd had broken his hand during a fight scene towards the end of his most recent film The Iron Mistress, but recovered to begin work on Desert Legion on 7 July 1952.
Akim Tamiroff joined the support cast. It was his first Hollywood film in three years.
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