Escape from Zahrain is a 1962 American action film

Action film

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 directed by Ronald Neame

Ronald Neame

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 and starring Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

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, Anthony Caruso

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, James Mason

James Mason

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 and Jack Warden

Jack Warden

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The film is set in the fictional state of Zahrain located in the Arabian Peninsular. The main characters are part of a group of condemned prisoners who flee across the desert in an attempt to reach the Protectorate of Aden. One is an American oil worker, another an Arab revolutionary and the third a British agent, providing different perspectives on the Middle East of the early 1960s. The film is based on the novel "Appointment in Zahrain" written by Michael Barrett.