Escape from Zahrain

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Escape from Zahrain
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ronald Neame
Produced by	Ronald Neame Francisco Day
Screenplay by	Robin Estridge
Story by	Michael Barrett
Starring	Yul Brynner Anthony Caruso Sal Mineo Jay Novello Madlyn Rhue Leonard Strong Jack Warden James Mason Chris Munson Vladimir Sokoloff
Music by	Lyn Murray
Cinematography	Ellsworth Fredericks
Editing by	Eda Warren
Studio	Paramount Pictures Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Olive Films
Release dates	April 23, 1962 (1962-04-23) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Escape from Zahrain is a 1962 American action film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Yul Brynner, Anthony Caruso, James Mason and Jack Warden.^[1]

The film is set in the fictional state of Zahrain, located in the Arabian Peninsula. The main characters are part of a group of condemned prisoners who flee across the desert in an attempt to reach the Protectorate of Aden. One is an American oil worker, another an Arab revolutionary and the third a British agent, providing different perspectives on the Middle East of the early 1960s. The film is based on the novel Appointment in Zahrain by Michael Barrett.

References

↑ IMDb.com

External links

Escape from Zahrain at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ronald Neame

Take My Life (1947)
Golden Salamander (1950)
The Card (1952)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The Seventh Sin (1957)
Windom's Way (1957)
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
The Chalk Garden (1964)
Mister Moses (1965)
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
Gambit (1966)
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Scrooge (1970)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Odessa File (1974)
Meteor (1979)
Hopscotch (1980)
First Monday in October (1981)
Foreign Body (1986)

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