| Desert Sands | |
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| Directed by | Lesley Selander |
| Screenplay by | Danny Arnold George W. George George F. Slavin |
| Based on | Punitive Action by John Robb |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch executive Aubrey Schenck |
| Starring | Ralph Meeker Marla English J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Ron Randell John Smith Keith Larsen |
| Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
| Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
Production company | Bel-Air Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Desert Sands is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Danny Arnold, George W. George and George F. Slavin. The film stars Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Ron Randell, John Smith and Keith Larsen.[1]
The film was released on November 18, 1955, by United Artists.[2][3] The film was based on the 1954 novel Punitive Action, one of a series of French Foreign Legion novels written by John Robb. Unlike many Foreign Legion films the film was set in the 1950s.
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