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High Adventure: Desert Legion

BBC One
on BBC One London

Tonight's action-packed adventure film stars Alan Ladd, Richard Conte, Arlene Dahl
with Akim Tamiroff

While searching in the Algerian desert for a bandit, a Foreign Legion patrol is led into an ambush. The sole survivor is Captain Lartal who, after being wounded, recovers consciousness to find someone has taken him to the gates of the Legion post.
In solving the mystery, Legionnaire Alan Ladd discovers a lost city, the beautiful Arlene Dahl and a villainous Richard Conte.
(This Week's Films: page 11)

Contributors

Director:
Joseph Pevney
Paul Lartal:
Alan Ladd
Crito Damou:
Richard Conte
Morjana:
Arlene Dahl
Plevko:
Akim Tamiroff
Si Khalil:
Oscar Beregi
Major Vasil:
Leon Askin
Source: Radio Times

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