Sands of the Desert

The story

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

C Charlie DrakeCharlie Sands P Peter ArneSheikh El Jabez S Sarah BranchJanet Brown R Raymond HuntleyBossom R Rebecca DignamNerima P Peter IllingSheikh Ibrahim H Harold KasketAbdulla M Marne MaitlandAdvisor to Sheikh N Neil McCarthyHassan D Derek SydneyMamud A Alan TilvernMustafa M Martin BensonSelim

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E Eric PohlmannScrobin I Inia Te WiataFahid P Paul StassinoPilot J Judith FurseYasmin M Martin BoddeyMertons M Madge BrindleyFat Lady in Bus R Robert Brown1st Tourist C Charles CarsonPhilpotts R Roger DelgadoAbu Nlal P Peter Elliott1st Tourist Official G Gamel FarisCustoms Official W William KendallBritish Consul T Tutte LemkowBus Driver A Andreas MalandrinosRashid L Lisa Peake1st Handmaiden M Michael Peake2nd Tourist Official B Beth RoganAir Hostess K Kim Tracy2nd Handmaiden I Irene BarrieMinor Role (uncredited) J Jim BradyArab (uncredited) S Sally DouglasHarem Girl (uncredited) E Eddie FrewinArab Driver (uncredited) M Mia KaramMinor Role (uncredited) R Roy StewartGong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited)