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Escape from Zahrain is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ronald Neame released in USA on 23 may 1962 with Yul Brynner

Escape from Zahrain (1962)

Escape from Zahrain
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Released in USA 23 may 1962
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating60% 3.0024253.0024253.0024253.0024253.002425

Escape from Zahrain is a 1962 American action film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Yul Brynner, Anthony Caruso, James Mason and Jack Warden.

The film is set in the fictional state of Zahrain, located in the Arabian Peninsula. The main characters are part of a group of condemned prisoners who flee across the desert in an attempt to reach the Protectorate of Aden. One is an American oil worker, another an Arab revolutionary and the third a British agent, providing different perspectives on the Middle East of the early 1960s. The film is based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain by Michael Barrett.

Synopsis

Dans le pays fictif de Zahrain, un leader nationaliste arabe est délivré par un groupe de jeunes partisans lors d'un transfert de prison. Fuyant la police nationale à ses trousses, il décide de voler une ambulance avec laquelle il compte se sauver, en rejoignant le pays voisin à travers le désert.

Actors

Yul Brynner

(Sharif)Anthony Caruso

(Tahar)Sal Mineo

(Ahmed)Jay Novello

(Hassan)Madlyn Rhue

(Laila)
And :
Jack Warden
James Mason
Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff
Leonard Strong
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