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Release Date:
May 23, 1962
Original Title:
Escape from Zahrain
Alternate Titles:
Fuga de Zahrain
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama
Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 IE: G
Runtime: 93
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.
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Art Direction:
Eddie Imazu
Hal Pereira
Assistant Director:
Tom Connors Jr.
Associate Producer:
Francisco Day
Costume Design:
Edith Head
Director:
Ronald Neame
Director of Photography:
Ellsworth Fredericks
Editor:
Eda Warren
Hair Supervisor:
Nellie Manley
Makeup Supervisor:
Wally Westmore
Novel:
Michael Barrett
Original Music Composer:
Lyn Murray
Producer:
Ronald Neame
Screenplay:
Robin Estridge
Second Unit Director:
Francisco Day
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Irmin Roberts
Set Decoration:
Sam Comer
Frank R. McKelvy
Sound Recordist:
Charles Grenzbach
Gene Merritt
Stunts:
Bob Herron
Writer:
Dudley Nichols
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