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The Desert Song

Play trailer Poster for The Desert Song 1953,  1h 50m,  Musical Play Trailer Watchlist
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A civil war between Morocco's Berber and Arab populations provides the backdrop for this romantic musical adventure. Headstrong Margot (Kathryn Grayson) and her father, Gen. Birabeau (Ray Collins), arrive from Paris to a remote Foreign Legion outpost. The powerful Sheik Yousseff (Raymond Massey) has devised a scheme to discredit the mysterious warlord El Khobar by having his men attack the fort disguised as Berbers -- a plan Margot and her tutor, Paul Bonnard (Gordon MacRae), attempt to foil.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Oct 28, 2019
Romberg's well-worn songs are still quite listenable, but the story's mixture of corn and sand is getting fairly hard to swallow. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

Kathryn Grayson

Margot Birabeau

Gordon MacRae

El Khobar

Steve Cochran

Capt. Claude Fontaine

Raymond Massey

Sheik Yousseff

Dick Wesson

Benjamin "Benjy" Kidd

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The Desert Song

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Synopsis A civil war between Morocco's Berber and Arab populations provides the backdrop for this romantic musical adventure. Headstrong Margot (Kathryn Grayson) and her father, Gen. Birabeau (Ray Collins), arrive from Paris to a remote Foreign Legion outpost. The powerful Sheik Yousseff (Raymond Massey) has devised a scheme to discredit the mysterious warlord El Khobar by having his men attack the fort disguised as Berbers -- a plan Margot and her tutor, Paul Bonnard (Gordon MacRae), attempt to foil.
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Producer
Rudi Fehr
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 50m
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