September 8, 1960
92 minutes
Comedy
Sands of the Desert
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
Trailer
Cast
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))
