Drums of the Desert

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali.

Cast

Ralph Byrd

Ralph Byrd

as Paul Dumont

Lorna Gray

Lorna Gray

as Helene Laroche

George Lynn

George Lynn

as Captain Jean Bridaux (as George Peter Lynn)

Willy Castello

Willy Castello

as Addullah (as William Castello)

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

as Sergeant 'Blue' Williams

Jean Del Val

Jean Del Val

as Colonel Fouchet (as Jean Del-Val)

Ann Codee

Ann Codee

as Mme. Fouchet

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

as Captain Andre

Neyle Morrow

Neyle Morrow

as Ben Ali

Alberto Morin

Alberto Morin

as Hassan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Ralph Byrd is really pretty poor here as "Lt. Paul Dupont", an officer in the French Foreign Legion sent to Morocco to train an elite squadron of paratroopers. On his way across on the boat from France, he meets "Helene Laroche" (Lorna Gray) and they have a brief romance before they realise that she...

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