Sands of the Desert

Category: Comedy
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
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1960-09-08
Run time: 92 minute / 1:32
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Writer: John Paddy Carstairs
Production Company : Associated British Picture Corporation
Production Country: United Kingdom

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Charlie Drake
as Charlie Sands
Peter Arne
as Sheikh El Jabez
Sarah Branch
as Janet Brown
Raymond Huntley
as Bossom
Rebecca Dignam
as Nerima
Peter Illing
as Sheikh Ibrahim
Harold Kasket
as Abdulla
Marne Maitland
as Advisor to Sheikh
Neil McCarthy
as Hassan
Derek Sydney
as Mamud
Alan Tilvern
as Mustafa
Martin Benson
as Selim
Eric Pohlmann
as Scrobin
Inia Te Wiata
as Fahid
Paul Stassino
as Pilot
Judith Furse
as Yasmin
Martin Boddey
as Mertons
Madge Brindley
as Fat Lady in Bus
Robert Brown
as 1st Tourist
Charles Carson
as Philpotts
Roger Delgado
as Abu Nlal
Peter Elliott
as 1st Tourist Official
Gamel Faris
as Customs Official
William Kendall
as British Consul
Tutte Lemkow
as Bus Driver
Andreas Malandrinos
as Rashid
Lisa Peake
as 1st Handmaiden
Michael Peake
as 2nd Tourist Official
Beth Rogan
as Air Hostess
Kim Tracy
as 2nd Handmaiden
Irene Barrie
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Arab (uncredited)
Sally Douglas
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
Eddie Frewin
as Arab Driver (uncredited)
Mia Karam
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Roy Stewart
as Gong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited)
Production
Gordon Scott Producer

Directing
John Paddy Carstairs Director

Writing
John Paddy Carstairs Screenplay

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