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Sword in the Desert is a 1949 American war film directed by George Sherman. It was the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and marked the first significant feature film role for Jeff Chandler.
With Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler. In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
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- Action, Drama, History
- George Sherman
- 1949-10-31
Title: Sword in the Desert. Summary: In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities. Directed by: George Sherman. Actors: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally.
- 100 min
In late Dec 1947, American sea captain Mike Francis Dillon steers his boat toward the Palestinian shoreline, where he is to unload a group of illegal Jewish immigrants. To ensure that the immigrants' leader, Israeli David Vogel, pays the $8,000 owed to him, the cynical Mike insists on going on shore with David and the others.
- George Sherman, Frank Shaw
- Dana Andrews
A disillusioned sea captain, Mike Dillon (Dana Andrews), smuggles European Jewish refugees into Palestine -- the land that is now Israel -- during World War II. Upon reaching Palestine, Dillon ...
- George Sherman
- Mystery & Thriller
- Dana Andrews
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
Cynical freighter captain Mike Dillon hopes to take the money and run after helping to smuggle Jewish refugees ashore in pre-Israel Palestine. But against his will, he's drawn into the escalating fight between British occupation forces and the founders of Israel.
