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{{Infobox film

| name = Escape from Zahrain

| image = Escape_From_Zahrain_Movie_Poster.jpg

| alt = The Poster for this film shows people running from a truck.

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Ronald Neame

| producer =

| screenplay = Robin Estridge
Dudley Nichols (uncredited)

| based_on =

| starring =

| music = Lyn Murray

| cinematography = Ellsworth Fredericks

| editing = Eda Warren

| studio =

| released =

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

'Escape from Zahrain' is a 1962 American Panavision and Technicolor action film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue and Anthony Caruso. The film is based on the novel 'Appointment in Zahrain' by (1960).

Plot



The film is set in the fictional state of Zahrain, located in the Arabian Peninsula. An officer in the security service of a despotic regime arranges to murder a jailed revolutionary leader (Brynner) while he is being transferred between prisons. The leader's supporters stage a rescue, intending to subsequently flee across the desert to the Protectorate of Aden.

In the chaos of the rescue two condemned prisoners, a common criminal with no interest in politics (Caruso) and an American oil worker (Warden), join the leader and the mastermind of the breakout (Mineo) in getting away. Later they encounter an educated nurse (Rhue) who they are compelled to take along, and a jaded British intelligence agent (James Mason) who they are confident will not reveal their whereabouts. Together they provide different perspectives on the Middle East of the early 1960s.

Cast



* Yul Brynner as Sharif

* Sal Mineo as Ahmed

* Madlyn Rhue as Laila

* Jack Warden as Huston

* Anthony Caruso as Tahar

Production



The film was based on the novel 'Appointment in Zahrain' which was published in 1960. Paramount bought the novel prior to publication and gave the job to adapting the script to Dudley Nichols.

In October 1960 Paramount's then-chairman Jack Karp announced Richard Matheson was doing a script and Edward Dmytryk was going to direct the film.

By May 1961 Yul Brynner was attached as star, with Ronald Neame to produce and direct and Sal Mineo to co star. Robin Estridge wrote the script.

Filming began June 1961.

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