Typical Oriental adventure movie set during the Riff War in Morocco , the French Foreign Legion governs an outpost in the middle of desert. The threatened outpost is usually attacked by the Muslim natives . Then the valiant sergeant Kincaid : Burt Lancaster schemes a plan to to vanquish the Muslims by kidnapping a bride : Jody Lawrence about to marry an Arab chief . As the Sergeant along with his underlings : George Tobias, Nick Dennis , Mike Mazurki , John Dehner , Kieron Moore , Michael Pate , among others carry out a dangerous mission.
Thrilling movie following the mould of the Oriental Adventures in Universal Pictures style . Being produced by the tandem Harold Hetch- James Hill-Burt Lancaster from Norma Production that financed a lot of nice films , most of them starred by Burt Lancaster . This Ten Tell Men 1951 contains noisy action , frisky adventure , enjoyable humor , impressive feats , thrills , go riding , sandstorm sequences and breathtaking chases . Howevever , this fun and amusing flick can't really disguise the fact that it is the ordinary Oriental Adventure Here Burt Lancaster was still in his all-action period when he turned out this moving and enjoyable Foreign Legion tale , such as "The Flame and the Arrow", "The Crimson Pirate" , "His Majesty O'Keefe" , "The Kentuckian" , though he formerly performed Noir Films such as: "Criss Cross" , "Sorry Wrong Number" and "The Killers" .
Here stands out a great and large support cast , as you can spot several secondaries with formidable characters as Gerard Mohr , John Dehner, Nick Dennis , Mike Mazurski, Michael Pate, Ian McDonald , Kieron Moore , George Tobias. And other up-and-coming stars as Ricardo Montalban and the extremely charming Mari Blanchard in a small character . The motion picture was competently directed by Willis Goldbeck . Rating : 6.5/10. Better than average adventure movie . Well worth seeing . The movie will appeal to Burt Lancaster fans .
Thrilling movie following the mould of the Oriental Adventures in Universal Pictures style . Being produced by the tandem Harold Hetch- James Hill-Burt Lancaster from Norma Production that financed a lot of nice films , most of them starred by Burt Lancaster . This Ten Tell Men 1951 contains noisy action , frisky adventure , enjoyable humor , impressive feats , thrills , go riding , sandstorm sequences and breathtaking chases . Howevever , this fun and amusing flick can't really disguise the fact that it is the ordinary Oriental Adventure Here Burt Lancaster was still in his all-action period when he turned out this moving and enjoyable Foreign Legion tale , such as "The Flame and the Arrow", "The Crimson Pirate" , "His Majesty O'Keefe" , "The Kentuckian" , though he formerly performed Noir Films such as: "Criss Cross" , "Sorry Wrong Number" and "The Killers" .
Here stands out a great and large support cast , as you can spot several secondaries with formidable characters as Gerard Mohr , John Dehner, Nick Dennis , Mike Mazurski, Michael Pate, Ian McDonald , Kieron Moore , George Tobias. And other up-and-coming stars as Ricardo Montalban and the extremely charming Mari Blanchard in a small character . The motion picture was competently directed by Willis Goldbeck . Rating : 6.5/10. Better than average adventure movie . Well worth seeing . The movie will appeal to Burt Lancaster fans .