Sands of the Desert

1h 32m

Comedy

6.3

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

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)

Crew

John Paddy Carstairs

Director, Screenplay

Gordon Scott

Producer