Zarak

Zarak
Original film poster
Directed byTerence Young
Written byRichard Maibaum
Based onThe Story of Zarak Khan
1949 novel
by A. J. Bevan
Produced byIrving Allen
Albert R. Broccoli
StarringVictor Mature
Michael Wilding
Anita Ekberg
CinematographyTed Moore
John Wilcox
Edited byClarence Kolster
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 26 December 1956 (1956-12-26) (New York City)
  • January 1957 (1957-01) (United States)
  • 10 January 1957 (1957-01-10) (London)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.4 million (US rentals)[2]

Zarak is a 1956 CinemaScope adventure film based on the 1949 book The Story of Zarak Khan by A.J. Bevan. It was directed by Terence Young with assistance from John Gilling and Yakima Canutt. Set in the Northwest Frontier (though filmed in Morocco), the film stars Victor Mature, Michael Wilding and Anita Ekberg and features Patrick McGoohan in a supporting role.

  1. ^ "Zarak (1956)". imdb. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957". Variety. 8 January 1958. p. 30.