Directed by:
Frederick De CordovaCinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Jackie Gleason, George Macready, Rock Hudson, Carl Esmond, Marc Lawrence, Michael Ansara, Ian MacDonald, Dale Van Sickel (more)Plots(1)
The usual lavish Arabian adventure tale that is great to look at. De Carlo is the princess and Greene the blacksmith who throws aside his anvil and picks up a sword to free his oppressed people from the evil despot George Macready. Greene uses every trick in the book to defeat the wily prince, and he even manages to marry De Carlo (he tricks her) to further exasperate the ruler. Macready counterattacks and kidnaps the princess in hope that her father, the Caliph, will aid him in quashing the rebellion. Greene rescues De Carlo, who then falls in love with her husband, and all is well in Baghdad. Half the fun of THE DESERT HAWK comes from spotting the bizarre array of supporting players who went on to do other things. Hudson plays an army captain, Besser (one of the replacements for Curly in The Three Stooges) plays Sinbad, and Gleason plays Aladdin! The whole thing was directed by Fred de Cordova who made his later career directing Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yvonne De Carlo
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Richard Greene
UK
Best movies:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Little Princess (1939)
Forever Amber (1947)
Jackie Gleason
USA
Best movies:
The Hustler (1961)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
All Through the Night (1941)
George Macready
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Detective Story (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Rock Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Winchester '73 (1950)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Carl Esmond
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Morituri (1965)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Marc Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
Michael Ansara
Syria
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Ian MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
High Noon (1952)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Richard Hale
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Lane Bradford
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
The Sheepman (1958)
Joe Besser
USA
Best movies:
The Errand Boy (1961)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Terry Frost
USA
Best movies:
One Desire (1955)
Whispering Smith (1948)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
Buddy Roosevelt
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Captain Blood (1935)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Robert Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Milton Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)