Hotel Sahara
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US film poster
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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Produced by | George Hambley Brown |
| Written by | George Hambley Brown Patrick Kirwan |
| Starring | Yvonne De Carlo Peter Ustinov David Tomlinson Roland Culver |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
| Cinematography | David Harcourt Jack Hildyard |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) United Artists (US) |
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Release dates
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1951 |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Hotel Sahara is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov and David Tomlinson. It was produced and co-written by George Hambley Brown.
Plot
A luxury hotel in the Sahara Desert faces occupation and destruction from a number of armies during the North African Campaign. The hotel is saved through the quick thinking and chameleon actions of the four headed staff in particular the owner Yasmin, who dresses, sings, and dances in a manner to make all the conquerors appreciate her charms.
Production
George Hambley Brown knew Peter Ustinov from their time together in the RAF Film Unit during World War II. After the war the two co-produced School for Secrets and Vice Versa. Based on some of his experiences in the Western Desert Campaign, Brown sought Yvonne De Carlo for the role of Yasmin by writing her and saying that he observed that she had a flair to play comedy.[1]
Cast
- Yvonne De Carlo as Yasmin Pallas
- Peter Ustinov as Emad
- David Tomlinson as Captain Puffin Cheyne
- Roland Culver as Major Bill Randall
- Albert Lieven as Lieutenant Gunther von Heilicke
- Bill Owen as Private Binns
- Guido Lorraine as Captain Giuseppi
- Mireille Perrey as Mme. Pallas
- Ferdy Mayne as Yusef
- Sydney Tafler as Corporal Pullar
- Eugene Deckers as a French Spahi officer
- Anton Diffring as a German Soldier
- Olga Lowe as Fatima
Soundtrack
Say Goodbye Soldier Boy
Music by Benjamin Frankel (as Ben Bernard)
Lyrics by Harold Purcell
Sung by Yvonne De Carlo
I Love A Man
Music by Benjamin Frankel (as Ben Bernard)
Lyrics by Harold Purcell
Sung by Yvonne De Carlo
I'll Be Seeing You
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Irving Kahal
Heard on a radio sung by Yvonne De Carlo
Early One Morning
Traditional
Sung by Yvonne De Carlo
Lillibullero
Traditional
Santa Lucia
Traditional
Notes
- ↑ Vallance, Tom George H. Brown Obituary The Independent 9 January 2001
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Hotel Sahara at IMDb
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