Sands of the Desert

Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
1960    1h 32mComedy
4.8
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

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Cast of Sands of the Desert

  • Charlie DrakeCharlie Sands
  • Peter ArneSheikh El Jabez
  • Sarah BranchJanet Brown
  • Raymond HuntleyBossom
  • Rebecca DignamNerima
  • Peter IllingSheikh Ibrahim
  • Harold KasketAbdulla
  • Marne MaitlandAdvisor to Sheikh
  • Neil McCarthyHassan
  • Derek SydneyMamud
  • Alan TilvernMustafa
  • Martin BensonSelim
  • Eric PohlmannScrobin
  • Inia Te WiataFahid
  • Paul StassinoPilot
  • Judith FurseYasmin
  • Martin BoddeyMertons
  • Madge BrindleyFat Lady in Bus
  • Robert Brown1st Tourist
  • Charles CarsonPhilpotts
  • Roger DelgadoAbu Nlal
  • Peter Elliott1st Tourist Official
  • Gamel FarisCustoms Official
  • William KendallBritish Consul
  • Tutte LemkowBus Driver
  • Andreas MalandrinosRashid
  • Lisa Peake1st Handmaiden
  • Michael Peake2nd Tourist Official
  • Beth RoganAir Hostess
  • Kim Tracy2nd Handmaiden
  • Irene BarrieMinor Role (uncredited)
  • Jim BradyArab (uncredited)
  • Sally DouglasHarem Girl (uncredited)
  • Eddie FrewinArab Driver (uncredited)
  • Mia KaramMinor Role (uncredited)
  • Roy StewartGong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited)
  • John Paddy CarstairsDirector / Writer
  • Gordon ScottProducer

 

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