Escape from Zahrain

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. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Cast

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

as Sharif

Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Rhue

as Laila

Sal Mineo

Sal Mineo

as Ahmed

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

as Huston

James Mason

James Mason

as Johnson

Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

as Tahar

Jay Novello

Jay Novello

as Hassan

Leonard Strong

Leonard Strong

as Ambulance Driver

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo and Jack Warden star in this sort of revolutionary "Ice Cold in Alex" yarn about a wanted freedom-fighter and a rag-tag band of followers who try to escape from the tyrannical government of Zahrain by taking an ambulance across the desert. Any budget was spent on the stars (an...

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