Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert

Original UK quad poster
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Produced by Gordon Scott
Written by John Paddy Carstairs (screenplay)
Charlie Drake (additional dialogue)
Story by Anne Burnaby
Stafford Byrne
Robert Hall
Starring Charlie Drake
Music by Stanley Black
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Edited by Richard Best
Production
company
Distributed by Warner-Pathé Distributors(UK)
Release dates
8 September 1960 (UK)
Running time
92 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Sands of the Desert is a 1960 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Charlie Drake, Peter Arne, Sarah Branch and Raymond Huntley. A British travel agent gets mixed up in trouble in the Arabian Peninsula.[1]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide described it as "a mildly amusing comedy that never really delivers its laugh quota, due primarily to its uneven script. Drake, a popular British television comic of the day, is good, though the movies are clearly not his metier." [2]

References

  1. "Sands of the Desert (1960)". BFI.
  2. "Sands Of The Desert". TVGuide.com.


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