Drama
Flesh and the Woman
“Hotter than the Sahara”
In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.
Directed by Robert Siodmak
42
User score
9 votes
Status
Released
Released
June 8, 1954
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
French
Top cast
Gina Lollobrigida
Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci
Jean-Claude Pascal
Pierre Martel
Arletty
Blanche
Raymond Pellegrin
Mario
Peter van Eyck
Fred
Jean Témerson
Xavier Noblet
Jean Hébey
Police commissioner
Jo Dest
Karl, boss of the bistro
Paul Amiot
Captain (uncredited)
Odette Barencey
Gertrude (uncredited)
Charles Bayard
(uncredited)
Gérard Buhr
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Leila Farida
Aïcha (uncredited)
Georges Vitray
Hotel doorman (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
Hotel doorman (uncredited)
Bernard Musson
Painter (uncredited)
Darling Légitimus
(uncredited)
Gabrielle Fontan
Religious (uncredited)
