Flesh and the Woman

Jun 8, 1954

1h 40m

★ 4.1

Hotter than the Sahara

Overview

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Spéva Films

Rizzoli Film

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Cast

Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci

Gina Lollobrigida

Pierre Martel

Jean-Claude Pascal

Blanche

Arletty

Mario

Raymond Pellegrin

Fred

Peter van Eyck

Xavier Noblet

Jean Témerson

Police commissioner

Jean Hébey

Karl, boss of the bistro

Jo Dest

Captain (uncredited)

Paul Amiot

Gertrude (uncredited)

Odette Barencey

(uncredited)

Charles Bayard

Legionnaire (uncredited)

Gérard Buhr

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