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Escape from Zahrain: Directed by Ronald Neame. With Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue. A hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious Arab country of Zahrain.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Ronald Neame
- 1962-05-23
Escape from Zahrain is a 1962 American Panavision adventure film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Yul Brynner. The film is based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain by Michael Barrett (1960).
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.
- Ronald Neame
- 14
Saint Louis opening: 23 May 1962. Production Company. Paramount Pictures. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain by Michael Barrett (London, 1960).
When the leader of an Arab country orders the assassination of captured guerrilla fighter Sharif (Yul Brynner), the attempt is thwarted by a group of college students.
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Action
- Ronald Neame
Fighting against government corruption in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Zahrain, rebel leader Sharif (Yul Brynner) leads a small group across the desert in an effort to escape the government soldiers who are bent on capturing them in this action packed film.
Escape from Zahrain is a slice of no-nonsense entertainment as an ambulance with a motley crew is pursued across desert terrain by baddies. It's effectively Ice Cold in Alex remade by Paramount with a Middle East setting.
