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

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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