
Sands of the Desert(1960)
Overview
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
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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

Roger Delgado
Abu Nlal
Peter Elliott
1st Tourist Official
Gamel Faris
Customs Official
William Kendall
British Consul

Tutte Lemkow
Bus Driver

Andreas Malandrinos
Rashid

Lisa Peake
1st Handmaiden

Michael Peake
2nd Tourist Official

Beth Rogan
Air Hostess
Kim Tracy
2nd Handmaiden
Irene Barrie
Minor Role (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Arab (uncredited)
Sally Douglas
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Eddie Frewin
Arab Driver (uncredited)
Mia Karam
Minor Role (uncredited)
Roy Stewart
Gong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited)
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