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Escape from Zahrain

1962 • 1h33m Action, Adventure, Drama

Rating

6.2/10

Popularity

1

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Details

Director

Ronald Neame

Screenplay

Robin Estridge

Dudley Nichols

Cast

Yul Brynner

Madlyn Rhue

Sal Mineo

Release date

5/23/1962

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

27