Escape from Zahrain
Seen it?1962 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone after some adrenaline and anyone with a bit of wanderlust. Made for the biggest screen and the loudest speakers you have. Same wavelength as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1962: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$1 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ronald Neame
- Yul BrynnerSharif
- Madlyn RhueLaila
- Sal MineoAhmed
- Jack WardenHuston
- James MasonJohnson
- Anthony CarusoTahar
- Jay NovelloHassan
- Leonard StrongAmbulance Driver