Flucht aus Zahrain (1962)

Flucht aus Zahrain: Directed by Ronald Neame. With Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue. A hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious Arab country of Zahrain.

“There are a few cynical digs at American meddling in oil-producing states in the Middle East. But the appearance early on of Jay Novello rolling his eyes indicate what direction weu0026#39;ll be going in this slick retread of u0026#39;The Wages of Fearu0026#39; in which the stirring footage shot by the second unit fights a losing battle with scenes that look as if they were shot on the same soundstage as u0026#39;Star Treku0026#39;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYul Brynner adds yet another still-life to his gallery of mysterious non-Europeans, while Madlyn Rhue fresh from playing a young jewess in u0026#39;A Majority of Oneu0026#39; here plays a nice Arab girl. Jack Warden convincingly plays an Ugly American, but Lynn Murrayu0026#39;s noisy score feels obliged to keep reminding us this is all taking place in the Middle East.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMost of the bit players (including our old friend Valdimir Sokoloff) are dubbed; except of course the authentic Anglo-Saxon who briefly appears unbilled as u0026#39;Johnsonu0026#39;.”