The Black Tent (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 09 April 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Synopsis: An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after the war his brother discovers the truth about the missing heir to the captain's estate and offers the boy the chance of a new life in England. The boy choses to stay among the black tents of the Bedouin.
Genre: War
Subjects: Battle of el-Alamein, Bedouin, North African Campaign, World War II
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8344 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 09 April 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Synopsis: An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after the war his brother discovers the truth about the missing heir to the captain's estate and offers the boy the chance of a new life in England. The boy choses to stay among the black tents of the Bedouin.
Genre: War
Subjects: Battle of el-Alamein, Bedouin, North African Campaign, World War II
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8344 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©/Production Company: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: William MacQuitty, Production Manager: Teddy Joseph, P'tion Controller for Pinewood Studios: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Stanley Hosgood, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Basil Somner, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Patrick Clayton, Continuity: Beryl Booth, [Casting Director]: Weston Drury Jr, Screenplay by: Robin Maugham, Bryan Forbes, From a story by: Robin Maugham, Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson, Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell, [Focus Puller]: Paul Wilson, [Clapper Loader]: Reg Pope, [Floor Stills]: Norman Gryspeerdt, [Models]: Jimmy Snow, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: George Provis, [Set Dresser]: Jack Stephens, [Prop Master]: Bert Gaiters, Dress Designer: Beatrice Dawson, [Ladies Wardrobe Supervisor]: Dorothy Edwards, [Mens Wardrobe Supervisor]: Bert Simmonds, Make-up: Eddie Knight, Hairdresser: Iris Tilley, Music Composed by: William Alwyn, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: Dudley Messenger, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: Donald Sharpe, Recording System: Westrex Recording System, [Boom Operator]: John Salter, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Anthony Steel (Captain David Holland), Donald Sinden (Colonel Charles Holland), Anna Maria Sandri (Mabrouka), Andre Morell (Sheik Salem), Ralph Truman (Croft), Donald Pleasence (Ali), Anthony Bushell (Baring), Michael Craig (Faris), Anton Diffring (German officer), Frederick Jaeger (Kurt, 2nd German officer), Paul Homer (Khalil, Salim's brother), Derek Sydney (interpreter), Terence Sharkey (Daoud Holland, David's son), Nanette Newman ([Anna Maria Sandri's voice double]), Alan Coleshill