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.
Yul Brynner
Sharif
Madlyn Rhue
Laila
Sal Mineo
Ahmed
Jack Warden
Huston
James Mason
Johnson
Anthony Caruso
Tahar
Jay Novello
Hassan
Leonard Strong
Ambulance Driver
