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The Desert Song
The Desert Song

6.5

The Desert Song

NR·1953·110m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

H. Bruce Humberstone

Lyricist, Theatre Play

Oscar Hammerstein II

Screenplay

Roland Kibbee

Theatre Play

Laurence Schwab

Theatre Play

Otto A. Harbach

Theatre Play

Frank Mandel

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

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Keywords

foreign legion
morocco
musical
sheik
arab