The Desert Song

The Desert Song

Release date : May 30, 1953
Runtime : 1h 50m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : H. Bruce Humberstone /
Production companies : Warner Bros. Pictures /
May 30, 1953 1h 50m United States of America Music English More
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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.
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Kathryn Grayson
Margot Birabeau
Gordon MacRae
El Khobar / Paul Bonnard
Steve Cochran
Captain Claude Fontaine
Raymond Massey
Sheik Yousseff
Dick Wesson
Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd
Ray Collins
Gen. Birabeau
Mark Dana
Lt. Duvalle
Ben Astar
Sheik
Bhogwan Singh
Old Villager
Jack Tornek
Riff Guard
Cosmo Sardo
Legionnaire
Charles Perry
Legionnaire (uncredited)

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  • title:The Desert Song
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1953
  • Runtime:1h 50m
  • Genres: Music · Romance ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: H. Bruce Humberstone /
  • Writers: Roland Kibbee · Otto A. Harbach · Frank Mandel · Oscar Hammerstein II · Laurence Schwab · Oscar Hammerstein II ·
  • Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures ·
  • 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.
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