Sands of the Desert (1960)
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
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Charlie Drake
Charlie Sands
Peter Arne
Sheikh El Jabez
Sarah Branch
Janet Brown
Raymond Huntley
Bossom
Peter Illing
Sheikh Ibrahim
Harold Kasket
Abdulla
Marne Maitland
Advisor to Sheikh
Neil McCarthy
Hassan
Alan Tilvern
Mustafa
Martin Benson
Selim
Eric Pohlmann
Scrobin
Paul Stassino
Pilot
Judith Furse
Yasmin
Martin Boddey
Mertons
Robert Brown
1st Tourist
Charles Carson
Philpotts
Roger Delgado
Abu Nlal
Tutte Lemkow
Bus Driver
Lisa Peake
1st Handmaiden
Michael Peake
2nd Tourist Official
Beth Rogan
Air Hostess
Jim Brady
Arab (uncredited)
Gordon Scott
Producer
John Paddy Carstairs
Director
John Paddy Carstairs
Screenplay
