Paramount Pictures
Directed by Ronald Neame
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Olive Films)
Arab rebel Yul Brynner escapes from prison with the help of student Sal Mineo. They take off across the desert with a couple of other small time prisoners and a nurse as hostage. They must fight the elements, their truck and each other to survive, all the while being pursued by the military. The predictable plot is compensated by spirited performances, especially Anthony Caruso who has a blast with his Arab character, Sal Mineo as the student dedicated to the nationalist cause, Jack Warden as an American oil man and Madlyn Rhue as the hostage struggling to find her identity. James Mason makes a brief appearance at a desert oil pumping station.
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