The Desert Hawk

The Desert Hawk (1944)

ActionAdventureComedyDramaRomance

Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health. But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph.

Director: B. Reeves Eason
Writers: Leighton Brill, Leslie Swabacker, Sherman L. Lowe, Jack Stanley.

Casts

	Gilbert Roland as Kasim, The Desert Hawk / Hassan, Evil Twin Brother
	Mona Maris as Princess Azala
	Ben Welden as Omar, the Beggar
	Kenneth MacDonald as Akbar
	Frank Lackteen as Faud, the Chief Chamberlain
	I. Stanford Jolley as Saladin
	Charles Middleton as Koda Bey
	Georges Renavent as Emil of Telif
	Margia Dean as Wizard's Daughter

Crew