Sands of the Desert

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Sands of the Desert
Original UK quad poster
Directed byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Written by
  • John Paddy Carstairs (screenplay)
  • Charlie Drake (additional dialogue)
Story by
Produced byGordon Scott
StarringCharlie Drake
CinematographyGilbert Taylor
Edited byRichard Best
Music byStanley Black
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 8 September 1960 (1960-09-08) (UK)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sands of the Desert is a 1960 British adventure comedy film directed and written by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Charlie Drake (his first lead role in a feature film), Peter Arne, Sarah Branch and Raymond Huntley.[1]

Plot

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Charlie Sands, a British travel agent is sent to run a holiday camp in the Arabian Peninsula after his predecessor is assassinated because the property is sitting on a potential oilfield.

Cast

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Box office

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Kine Weekly called it a "money maker" at the British box office in 1960.[2]

Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Charlie Drake's original comedy talent, as exploited by his television shows, here vanishes beneath a heavy, studio-bound hash-up of slapstick and obvious jokes about sheikhs, harems and mirages. Unconvincing model work, a sentimental sub-plot and the wooden playing of the heroine are further insurmountable difficulties besetting the comedian's attempts to lighten the mixture by his impish mannerisms of gait and speech."[3]

TV Guide described it as "a mildly amusing comedy that never really delivers its laugh quota, due primarily to its uneven script. Drake, a popular British television comic of the day, is good, though the movies are clearly not his metier."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sands of the Desert (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ Billings, Josh (15 December 1960). "It's Britain 1, 2, 3 again in the 1960 box office stakes". Kine Weekly. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Sands of the Desert". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 131. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Sands Of The Desert". TVGuide.com.
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