The Desert Song
The Best Loved of all Musical Adventures!
Genres
Overview
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1953-05-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.5
Kathryn Grayson
Margot Birabeau
Gordon MacRae
El Khobar / Paul Bonnard
Steve Cochran
Captain Claude Fontaine
Raymond Massey
Sheik Yousseff
Dick Wesson
Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd
Allyn Ann McLerie
Azuri
Ray Collins
Gen. Birabeau
Paul Picerni
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Frank De Kova
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William Conrad
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Trevor Bardette
Neri
Mark Dana
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Ben Astar
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Cosmo Sardo
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Charles Perry
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