The Desert Hawk (1950 film)

The Desert Hawk
Directed by Frederick De Cordova
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
Written by Aubrey Wisberg
Gerald Drayson Adams
Jack Pollexfen
Starring Yvonne De Carlo
Richard Greene
Jackie Gleason
Rock Hudson
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography Russell Metty
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Daniel A. Nathan
Production
company
Universal International
Release dates
  • September 5, 1950
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Desert Hawk is a 1950 fantasy adventure film starring Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Jackie Gleason, and Rock Hudson.

Summary

An arranged marriage forces Arabian Princess Sharahazade to marry Prince Murad, a cruel ruler. A thief known as the Desert Hawk hears about the wedding, disguises himself as Murad in order to steal the wedding gifts. The next morning the real Murad shows up and finding the dowry gone orders his men to make it appear that the desert hawk has massacred the locals. When the princess learns she has been tricked she changes clothes with one of her maids, who is then mistaken for the princess and murdered. The servants, along with the disguised princess, are rounded up and sold into slavery. The Desert Fox purchases her at the slave market. Meanwhile, Murad in a bid to consolidate his power stirs up trouble a neighbour, telling the princess’s father that the neighbour has been aiding the desert hawk. The princess' father entrusts Murad to avenge his daughter and murdered people enabling him to pursue the Desert Fox to try to get the Princess and power for himself.

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