The Desert Song

The Desert Song

1953
1h 50m
6.5

6.5/10

4 votes • View on IMDb

"The Best Loved of all Musical Adventures!"

Overview

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date May 30, 1953
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0045680

Cast

Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson

Margot Birabeau

Gordon MacRae
Gordon MacRae

El Khobar / Paul Bonnard

Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran

Captain Claude Fontaine

Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey

Sheik Yousseff

Dick Wesson
Dick Wesson

Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd

Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie

Azuri

Ray Collins
Ray Collins

Gen. Birabeau

Paul Picerni
Paul Picerni

Hassan

Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova

Mindar

William Conrad
William Conrad

Lachmed

Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette

Neri

Mark Dana
Mark Dana

Lt. Duvalle

Key Crew

H. Bruce Humberstone
Director
Rudi Fehr
Producer
Roland Kibbee
Screenplay