Sands of the Desert
1960 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
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| Writer: | John Paddy Carstairs |
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| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Sep 08, 1960 |
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| Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Writer: | John Paddy Carstairs |
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| Production Companies | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charlie Drake | Charlie Sands |
| Peter Arne | Sheikh El Jabez |
| Sarah Branch | Janet Brown |
| Raymond Huntley | Bossom |
| Rebecca Dignam | Nerima |
| Peter Illing | Sheikh Ibrahim |
| Harold Kasket | Abdulla |
| Marne Maitland | Advisor to Sheikh |
| Neil McCarthy | Hassan |
| Derek Sydney | Mamud |
| Alan Tilvern | Mustafa |
| Martin Benson | Selim |
| Eric Pohlmann | Scrobin |
| Inia Te Wiata | Fahid |
| Paul Stassino | Pilot |
| Judith Furse | Yasmin |
| Martin Boddey | Mertons |
| Madge Brindley | Fat Lady in Bus |
| Robert Brown | 1st Tourist |
| Charles Carson | Philpotts |
| Roger Delgado | Abu Nlal |
| Peter Elliott | 1st Tourist Official |
| Gamel Faris | Customs Official |
| William Kendall | British Consul |
| Tutte Lemkow | Bus Driver |
| Andreas Malandrinos | Rashid |
| Lisa Peake | 1st Handmaiden |
| Michael Peake | 2nd Tourist Official |
| Beth Rogan | Air Hostess |
| Kim Tracy | 2nd Handmaiden |
| Irene Barrie | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Jim Brady | Arab (uncredited) |
| Sally Douglas | Harem Girl (uncredited) |
| Eddie Frewin | Arab Driver (uncredited) |
| Mia Karam | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Roy Stewart | Gong Banger at Sheik's Tent (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| John Paddy Carstairs | Screenplay, Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Gordon Scott | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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