Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert

92 mins | Comedy | Sept. 8, 1960

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

Sands of the Desert

92 mins | Comedy | Sept. 8, 1960

Sands of the Desert
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
IMDb rating 4.7
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation
Original title Sands of the Desert
Directors John Paddy Carstairs
Writers John Paddy Carstairs

Cast

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

Roger Delgado

as Abu Nlal

Eric Pohlmann

as Scrobin