Comedy
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
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
56
User score
7 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 8, 1960
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
English
Top cast
Charlie Drake
Charlie Sands
Peter Arne
Sheikh El Jabez
Sarah Branch
Janet Brown
Raymond Huntley
Bossom
Rebecca Dignam
Nerima
Peter Illing
Sheikh Ibrahim
Harold Kasket
Abdulla
Marne Maitland
Advisor to Sheikh
Neil McCarthy
Hassan
Derek Sydney
Mamud
Alan Tilvern
Mustafa
Martin Benson
Selim
Eric Pohlmann
Scrobin
Inia Te Wiata
Fahid
Paul Stassino
Pilot
Judith Furse
Yasmin
Martin Boddey
Mertons
Madge Brindley
Fat Lady in Bus
Robert Brown
1st Tourist
Charles Carson
Philpotts
