No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Sister kenny is a 1946 american biographical film about sister elizabeth kenny, an australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. A minor but reasonably entertaining actionthriller, escape from zahrain 1962 is a quirky little picture. The latterday mister joe moses is a snakeoil pitchman who is chased out of an african village and is found, literally, in the bullrushes by julie anderson, daughter of missionary reverand anderson who has learned that he is a diamond smuggler and threatens to expose him to her fiance robert. Escape from zahrain 1962 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Released 1962, escape from zahrain stars yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden, madlyn rhue the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Usually escape films involve the audience in the plight of either a wrongly accused man or an attractive criminal, and while most escape films are made simply to entertain, some of them, like jean renoirs grand illusion or robert bressons a man escaped, managed to combine an escape plot with bigger statements about human nature and freedom. The resulting film is a more than adequate matinee adventure. Judge priest is a 1934 american comedy film starring will rogers. In the 16th century ukraine, the polish overlords and the cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent turkish invasions force them to unite against the common turkish foe.
Zulu is a 1964 british epic war film depicting the battle of rorkes drift between the british army and the zulus in january 1879, during the anglozulu war. Brynner provides a restrained performance in line with the demands of the part, leaving jack warden, as he did in so many movies, to steal every scene hes in. Escape from zahrain dvd, 2010 for sale online ebay. A kitalalt kozelkeleti orszagban a lazadok vezerenek kovetoi megtamadjak a rendorsegi jarmuvet, amelyen foglyokat szallitanak kivegzesre egyik bortonbol a masikba. Escape from zahrain is a 1962 american action film directed by ronald neame and starring yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden, madlyn rhue and anthony caruso. Filmed on the austrohungarian border by anatole litvak, this blend of cold war thriller and human drama.
James mason full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Escape from zahrain sharif 1962 taras bulba taras bulba 1962 the magnificent seven chris 1960 once. Lawrence of arabia won the academy award for best picture. Escape from zahrain 1962 escape from zahrain is a 1962 american action film directed by ronald neame and starring yul brynner, anthony caruso, james mason and jack warden. Watch escape from zahrain movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. With yul brynner, mitzi gaynor, noel coward, eric pohlmann. Plot wise this movie stretches it to keep your attention however the cast is cool. Fighting against government corruption in the fictional middle eastern country of zahrain, rebel leader sharif yul brynner leads a small group across the d. Dead horse bay in brooklyn, new york is definitely out of the ordinary with a very interesting an.
With tony curtis, yul brynner, christine kaufmann, sam wanamaker. Pages in category films set in the middle east the following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet. The main characters are part of a group of condemned prisoners wh.
Escape from zahrain johnson 1962 tiara tahiti capt. Sal mineo showing his acting talents, jack warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of zahrain oil. Chiefly this is because escape from zahrain falls into that annoying category of movies, quite common in the 1960s, set in a completely fictional universe with little shading no real countries, places, or people, with everything generalized and presented in black and white extremes only thus rendering most of the politicalcultural. The film is set in the fictional state of zahrain, located in the arabian peninsula. Hopkins viggo mortensen, the greatest longdistance racer ever, faces in the rousing actionadventure hidalgo. A group of desperate rebels manage to avoid being recaptured by corrupt government officials in a middle eastern country. Escape to the years most explosive adventure yul brynner plays political leader sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by sal mineo. Both were on as weekend midday movies so my expectations wernt too great. Two years earlier, however, finch had also starred in a much less wellknown film in which he also played a european doctor working in a third world country, in this case malaya as it then was, shortly after independence.
Escaping with him are fellow death row prisoners huston, a swashbuckling american who had embezzled a fortune from the zahrain oil company, and tahar, a sadistic maniac. Koztuk van houston, az amerikai, aki a zahrain olajtarsasagtol sikkasztott, tahar, a szadista vadallat, es hassan, a szelid lelek, aki megolte a hutlen feleseget. Escape from zahrain is a 1962 film starring yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden. Jun, 2018 abandoned boats, horse bones, and bottles, lots of bottles. Jul 26, 2015 hallucinations, personality explosions and overly happy people make these kinds of big screen mishaps highly entertaining.
The main characters are part of a group of condemned prisoners who flee across the desert in an attempt to reach the. A trailer for the 1962 film escape from zahrain, comprised entirely using various clips and audio from the movie to get you excited to watch it. Lomasney the film was directed by ronald neame starring yul brynner, anthony caruso, sal mineo, jay novello. With yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden, madlyn rhue. The film is based on the novel appointment in zahrain by michael barrett fr 1960. Amid turmoil in the middle east, fanatical loyalists attack a police van transporting a nationalist leader to prison and aid his escape into the desert, freeing a convicted american embezzler in. This list is comprised of all the movies that have had pages created for them on the imfdb. Top 10 accidentally getting high movie scenes youtube. Suspending disbelief, this movie is quite entertaining. Escape from zahrain 1962 ronald neame, yul brynner, sal.
The movie escape from zahrain would be a good old movie to watch however out of stock. Landau, directed by ronald neame, that stars walter matthau, glenda jackson, sam waterston, ned beatty, and herbert lom. This vintage handpainted film poster of the action adventure escape from zahrain, 1962 is one of a collection of over 800 hand painted film posters of over 500 unique films, painted by john j. Escape from zahrain adalah sebuah film laga amerika serikat tahun 1962 garapan ronald neame dan dibintangi oleh yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden, madlyn rhue dan anthony caruso. Filmed on the yukatan, there are many attractive sunburned people in this film, foremost among them, of course, our hero, yul brynner. Escape from zahrain is fairly ordinary stuff, to be honest, with few surprises contained within robin estridges competent but uninspired screenplay. Released on may 23 of 1962 in the usa, escape from zahrain also known as fuga da zahrain, flucht aus zahrain is an actionadventuredrama film directed by ronald neame. The story takes place in a fictional middle east state of zahrain. For more information about escape from zahrain, visit olive films. Escape from zahrain is a film directed by ronald neame with yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden, anthony caruso, year. Yul brynner full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Escape from zahrain evadarea din zahrain 1962 film. Yul brynner was born yuliy borisovich briner on july 11, 1920 in the city of vladivostok in the far eastern republic, a puppet state controlled by soviet russia before being merged into the wider ussr two years later. Jun 20, 2010 among these was escape from zahrain 1961, set in the middle east but filmed in the mojave desert in california, with yul brynner as a revolutionary arab leader.
Escape from zahrain on bluray 887090069502 from olive films. Film tersebut berdasarkan pada novel appointment in zahrain karya michael barrett 1960. Hopscotch is a 1980 american spy comedy thriller film, produced by edie landau and ely a. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous apache territory. Fighting against government corruption in the fictional middle eastern country of zahrain. Ben mckenna james stewart is on vacation with his wife doris day and son in morocco when a chance encounter with a stranger sets their trip, and their lives, on. The screenwriter dudley nichols based his script on the 1940 novel for whom the bell tolls by american novelist ernest hemingway. The nuns story, in which he played a belgian doctor working in the congo, provided peter finch with one of his bestknown roles. Sal mineo showing his acting talents, jack warden in a wiseguy performance as. Escape from zahrain 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. The list contains the best, new and most relevant arab movies ordered by relevance.
If you like escape from zahrain you are looking for exciting, rough and serious movies about with desert, student, arab, adventure, revolution, military and confined themes of action, adventure and drama genre shot in usa. Filming locations 2 filming dates 1 filming locations. Jul 28, 20 the journey reunites kerr and brynner three years after they won acclaim in the king and i. These are just a few of the astonishing obstacles frank t. Only wish other western releases from the past ie silverlode were less expensive. An american gangster is exiled from the united states for criminal activity and is sent back to the greek island where he was born. The screenplay was written by bryan forbes and brian garfield, based on garfields novel of the same name. Escape from zahrain 1962 ronald neame, yul brynner, sal mineo, jack warden august 4, 2018 during the 1960s, in a fictitious striferidden arab nation, captured revolutionary nationalist leader sharif is being transported to a prison for execution. A swarm of locusts so massive it obliterates the relentless sun. Madalyn rhue is a natural beauty however she comes off a bit nasty and uptight in the two films ive seen her in, escape from zahrain and a majority of one. If youre creating a new page for a movie make sure to add category. Olive films continues to unearth important paramount pictures titles glossed over when first released but pack a punch in these modern times. Stagecoach is a 1939 american western film directed by john ford and starring claire trevor and john wayne in his breakthrough role.
Escape from zahrain internet movie firearms database. Escape from zahrain is an absolute gem of a film and i cant believe as a movie buff all these years it has alluded me up till now. The film is set in the fictional state of zahrain located in the arabian peninsula. Olive films dvd of escape from zahrain is presented in a bright and colorful transfer in its original panavision aspect ratio, which restores the films impressive desert vistas. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local police chief. Quiet, peaceloving, handsome george chakiris seems way out of his league and knowing it, hands over the scenery for yul to chew. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. A hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious arab country of zahrain. The screenplay by dudley nichols is an adaptation of the stage to lordsburg, a 1937 short story by ernest haycox. Wurtzel in association with fox film, and based on humorist irvin s.
Its small cast is a strange mix of actors while its screenplay is unusually unambitious for producerdirector ronald neame, who had just made two outstanding british features, the horses mouth 1958 and especially tunes of glory 1960, neames masterpiece. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. Escape from zahrain is a 1962 adventure movie directed by ronald neame. Kings of the sun is the story of a civilization burst into full flower in their profound desire to win favor from the deities, the mayans made human sacrifice the keystone of their religion keeping the buddhist monk hairstyle as his trademark, brynner easily steals the show with his virile personality, distinctive look, speech and mannerism he is black eagle, the barbarian chief who comes to. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, exciting, stylized and suspenseful films and tv shows about with arab, muslim, islam, desert, society, culture clash, greed, runaway, mentor and storytelling plots mostly in drama, comedy and romance genres shot in usa, france, belgium.
The credits dont say where escape from zahrain was filmed, but the parched, rugged, rocky desert and mountain landscapes are simply stunning. In a strifetorn arab state, fanatical loyalists of a nationalist leader attack a police van transporting him to prison and aid his escape into the deadly arabian desert. They must contend with more than the desert, as the forces of the evil zahrainian ruler pursue them by air and ground over some of the roughest, most desolate yet photogenic terrain ever seen on film. Mojave desert, california, usa 1 of 1 found this interesting interesting. The film stars rosalind russell, alexander knox, and philip merivale. Yul brynner celebrity profile check out the latest yul brynner photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Upon meeting an exiled king, he attempts to purchase the kings family jewels for a million dollars. Escape from zahrain rebel leader in an arab oil state escapes from prison along with some fellow convicts and together they make a run for the border. For whom the bell tolls is a 1943 american war film produced and directed by sam wood and starring gary cooper, ingrid bergman, akim tamiroff, katina paxinou and joseph calleia.
Yul brynner plays political leader sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by sal mineo. It shows how 150 british soldiers, many of whom were sick and wounded patients in a field hospital, successfully held off a force of 4,000 zulu warriors. As best i can tell, the dodge actually does what it appears to be doingascending and descending steep slopes, almost tipping over sideways, creeping along the crests of mountain ridges, threading its. Escape from zahrain 1961, directed by ronald neame film. They flee across the desert, led by a renegade warrior but their journey. Director neames restrained direction makes reasonable use of the wide screen and minimizes the impact of desert scenes filmed in front of studio process screens. Turgid deserttrek drama, featuring brynner and various bottletanned cohorts as escapee political prisoners in an arab oil state. Escape from zahrain movie trailer and videos tv guide. Its less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
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