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The British Film: The Black Tent

on BBC One London

starring Anthony Steel, Donald Sinden.

During the Western Desert campaign of 1942 a young British officer finds himself among the Bedouin tribes and cut off from his own forces. Anthony Steel is the officer who finds adventure and romance in a spectacular and exciting story.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Robin Maugham
Screenplay:
Bryan Forbes
Producer:
William MacQuitty
Director:
Brian Desmond Hurst
David Holland:
Anthony Steel
Charles Holland:
Donald Sinden
Mabrouka:
Anna Maria Sandri
Sheik Salem:
André Morell
Croft:
Ralph Truman
Ali:
Donald Pleasence
Baring:
Anthony Bushell
Faris:
Michael Craig
First German officer:
Anton Diffring
Second German officer:
Frederick Jaeger
Khalil:
Paul Homer
Interpreter:
Derek Sydney
Daoud:
Terence Sharkey

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