Details

Release year: 1951

Storyline

In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.

Top credits

Directors

Ken Annakin

Writers

Cast

Yvonne De Carlo — Yasmin Pallas
Peter Ustinov — Emad
David Tomlinson — Captain Puffin Cheyne
Roland Culver — Major Bill Randall

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Did you know

• The Canadian actress Yvonne De Carlo agreed to take a main role in the film as a change of pace in her career. She typically appeared in American Westerns and films noir, and she liked the offer of a comedy role.

• The nickname of the "Captain Cheyne" character is "Puffin" - a little in-joke, as that was the famous nickname of the British director Anthony Asquith.

• This was the first film produced by Tower Films, a fledgling company owned by producer George H. Brown.