Escape from Zahrain

May 23, 1962

1h 33m

★ 6.2

Escape to Explosive Adventure!

Overview

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Sharif

Yul Brynner

Laila

Madlyn Rhue

Ahmed

Sal Mineo

Huston

Jack Warden

Johnson

James Mason

Tahar

Anthony Caruso

Hassan

Jay Novello

Ambulance Driver

Leonard Strong

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