ESCAPE FROM ZAHRAIN

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
• Plot: In a strife-torn Arab state, fanatical loyalists of a nationalist leader (Yul Brynner) attack a police van transporting him to prison and aid his escape into the deadly Arabian Desert. Escaping with him are fellow death row prisoners Huston (Jack Warden), a swashbuckling American who had embezzled a fortune from the Zahrain Oil Company and Tahar (Anthony Caruso), a sadistic maniac. Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause) plays a student who helps the fugitives flee the pursuant police in a stolen ambulance. This vintage adventure yarn features a special cameo appearance by James Mason (North by Northwest). Directed and Produced by Ronald Neame (The Poseidon Adventure).
• Cast: Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue, Anthony Caruso, Leonard Strong, Jay Novello, Abdullah Abbas, Sadik Amir Adeli, Lionel Ames, Kanan Awni, Phillip Baird, Alex Ball, Claudia Barrett, George Bruggeman, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Richard Chambers, Kay Chaque, Wesley Gale, Mario Gallo, Richard Gilden, Marv Goux, Labeed Hamid, Al Haskell, Hassan Khayyam, Richard LaMarr, Bert Madrid, James Mason, Ernesto Molinari, Gregory Morton, Chris Munson, Victor Romito, Joseph Ruskin, Serena Sande, George Sawaya, Anthony Scott, Vladimir Sokoloff, Tom Tamarez, Jack Tornek, Tony Urchel, Sailor Vincent, Ted White, Ronald Neame, Michael Barrett, Robin Estridge, Dudley Nichols
• Director: Ronald Neame
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Paramount Pictures, Olive Films
• Media Format: Movie