Zarak

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Zarak Khan
Directed by	Terence Young
Produced by	Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli
Written by	Richard Maibaum
Starring	Victor Mature Michael Wilding Anita Ekberg
Music by	William Alwyn
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1956
Running time	99 min.
Country	U.K.
Language	English
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Zarak Khan is a 1956 film based on the novel by A.J. Bevan.

Set in northern India, (though filmed in Morocco), the film starred Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg, and featured Patrick McGoohan in a supporting role. Often classified as a minor piece of "escapism," this 99-minute film nevertheless boasted a surprising amount of emerging film talent. Ted Moore, who handled some of the Technicolor/CinemaScope photography, later performed similar work on the early James Bond films, and art director John Box and costume designer Phyllis Dalton later won Oscars for their work on Doctor Zhivago. Richard Maibaum, who adapted A.J. Bevan's novel, went on to adapt such Ian Fleming novels as Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Similarly, the Director, Terence Young and the Producer, Albert R. Broccoli went on to create the Bond movies.