Desert Sands (1955)
- Directed by
- Paul Helmick, Lesley Selander
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A French Foreign Legion unit in the 1950s is assigned to a remote desert outpost. They face threats from local forces while dealing with internal conflicts among the soldiers.
datedaction-orienteddesolatepacing-variedtension-lightsquad-basedwar-themed
What happens
Desert Sands is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Danny Arnold, George W. George and George F. Slavin. The film stars Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Ron Randell, John Smith and Keith Larsen. The film was released on November 18, 1955, by United Artists. The film was based on the 1954 novel Punitive Action, one of a series of French Foreign Legion novels written by John Robb. Unlike many Foreign Legion films the film was set in the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.