THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Ronald Neame
SCREENWRITER: Robin Estridge, Dudley Nichols (whoa, what is Dudley Nichols doing here)
FILM STARS: Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue, Anthony Caruso, James Mason (uncredited)
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: Michael Barrett
TYPE: Novel
PUBLISHER: Gold Medal Book
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1962
COUNTRY: USA COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1960
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: Appointment in Zahrain
NOTES
GENRE: Action, Adventure
WORDS: A great bed time read. All action and adventure. Both the film and the book are evocative of time and place which is meant to be a fictitious place in the Middle East (even though the film was filmed in the Mojave Desert in California). These books have all the usual plot twists but are topical (and perhaps still relevant). Author Michael Barrett was Australian and specialised in thrillers set in the Middle East. The film was escapism with some political asides.
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