Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert (1960)

Comedy

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

Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Writer: John Paddy Carstairs

Casts

	Charlie Drake as Charlie Sands
	Peter Arne as Sheikh El Jabez
	Sarah Branch as Janet Brown
	Raymond Huntley as Bossom
	Rebecca Dignam as Nerima
	Peter Illing as Sheikh Ibrahim
	Harold Kasket as Abdulla
	Marne Maitland as Advisor to Sheikh
	Neil McCarthy as Hassan
	Derek Sydney as Mamud
	Alan Tilvern as Mustafa
	Martin Benson as Selim
	Eric Pohlmann as Scrobin
	Inia Te Wiata as Fahid
	Paul Stassino as Pilot
	Judith Furse as Yasmin
	Martin Boddey as Mertons
	Madge Brindley as Fat Lady in Bus
	Robert Brown as 1st Tourist
	Charles Carson as Philpotts
	Roger Delgado as Abu Nlal
	Peter Elliott as 1st Tourist Official
	Gamel Faris as Customs Official
	William Kendall as British Consul
	Tutte Lemkow as Bus Driver
	Andreas Malandrinos as Rashid
	Lisa Peake as 1st Handmaiden
	Michael Peake as 2nd Tourist Official
	Beth Rogan as Air Hostess
	Kim Tracy as 2nd Handmaiden
	Irene Barrie as Minor Role (uncredited)
	Jim Brady as Arab (uncredited)
	Sally Douglas as Harem Girl (uncredited)
	Eddie Frewin as Arab Driver (uncredited)
	Mia Karam as Minor Role (uncredited)
	Roy Stewart as Gong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited)

Crew