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Cast
| Cornel Wilde | ... |
Si Lahssen
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| Mel Ferrer | ... |
Henrik
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| Rita Gam | ... |
Saadia
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| Michel Simon | ... |
Bou Rezza
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| Cyril Cusack | ... |
Khadir
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| Wanda Rotha | ... |
Fatima
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Marcel Poncin | ... |
Moha
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Anthony Marlowe | ... |
Capt. Sabert
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Hélène Vallier | ... |
Zoubida
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Mahjoub Ben Brahim | ... |
Ahmed
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| Jacques Dufilho | ... |
Bandit leader
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Bernard Farrel | ... |
Lt. Camuzac
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| Richard Johnson | ... |
Lt. Girard
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| Peter Copley | ... |
Leader Mokhazenis
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| Marne Maitland | ... |
Horse dealer
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Eddie Leslie | ... |
Villager
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Harold Kasket | ... |
Cheikh of Inimert
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| Peter Bull | ... |
Village potentate
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Abdallah Mennebhi | ... |
Brahim
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Directed by
| Albert Lewin | ||
Written by
| Francis D'Autheville | ... | (novel "Échec au destin") |
| Albert Lewin | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Albert Lewin | ... | producer |
Music by
| Bronislau Kaper | ||
Cinematography by
| Christopher Challis | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Harold F. Kress | ||
Editorial Department
| Joan Bridge | ... | color consultant: Technicolor |
Art Direction by
| John Hawkesworth | ||
Makeup Department
| Hilda Fox | ... | hair stylist (as Hilda Fox-Marshall) |
| John O'Gorman | ... | makeup artist |
| John Truwe | ... | tech |
Sound Department
| Tony Leenhardt | ... | sound recordist |
Visual Effects by
| Tom Howard | ... | special photographic effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Arthur Ibbetson | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Robert Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Eva Monley | ... | script supervisor: second unit (uncredited) |
| Elaine Schreyeck | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro (1955) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1955) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Saadia is a wild, strange Arabian girl whose life has been dominated by a local sorceress, a vengeful outcast in the community, who has convinced her she has the "evil eye" and brings disaster to all who love her. French doctor Henrik takes her to his clinic for rehabilitation purposes, and falls in love with her as does his friend, Si Lahssen, the reigning prince of this small Moroccan state. After a plague befalls the town, Saadia is convinced she is responsible, and rides alone into the mountain country to retrieve the plague serum being held for ransom by bandits. The love triangle dominates most of the rest of the film.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | The Secret Love Rites of ... Saadia. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $1,250,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Mel Ferrer plays the same Chopin prelude (#28) on the piano as Hurd Hatfield does as Dorian Grey. See more » |
| Goofs | During the sequence when Saadia escapes from the mountains with the Plague serum, the girth strap on her horse is loose and dangling during the initial horse chase scenes and then is cinched properly in the rest of the scenes. See more » |
| Soundtracks | Prélude in D minor Op.28, No. 24 See more » |