Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
Cast
Crew
Ronald Neame
Director, Producer
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Robin Estridge
Screenplay
Michael Barrett
Novel
Eda Warren
Editor
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Tom Connors Jr.
Assistant Director
Francisco Day
Associate Producer, Second Unit Director
Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Irmin Roberts
Second Unit Director of Photography
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Lyn Murray
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Bob Herron
Stunts
Eddie Imazu
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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