Escape from Zahrain
Escape to Explosive Adventure!
93 mins
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.
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Michael Barrett
Novel
Robin Estridge
Screenplay
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Eda Warren
Editor
Francisco Day
Second Unit Director
Tom Connors Jr.
Assistant Director
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Eddie Imazu
Art Direction
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Irmin Roberts
Second Unit Director of Photography
Francisco Day
Associate Producer
Lyn Murray
Original Music Composer