The Desert Song

Synopsis

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.

Main Cast

Kathryn Grayson

Margot Birabeau

Age : 88 | Popularity : 35%

Gordon MacRae

El Khobar / Paul Bonnard

Age : 64 | Popularity : 49%

Steve Cochran

Captain Claude Fontaine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 48%

Raymond Massey

Sheik Yousseff

Age : 86 | Popularity : 53%

Dick Wesson

Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd

Age : 73 | Popularity : 15%

Allyn Ann McLerie

Azuri

Age : 91 | Popularity : 34%

Ray Collins

Gen. Birabeau

Age : 75 | Popularity : 63%

Paul Picerni

Hassan

Age : 88 | Popularity : 47%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	H. Bruce Humberstone
	Script Supervisor	Howard Hohler
Writing	Screenplay	Roland Kibbee
	Theatre Play	Oscar Hammerstein II Otto A. Harbach Frank Mandel Laurence Schwab
	Lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II
Production	Producer	Rudi Fehr
Sound	Original Music Composer	Max Steiner
	Music	Sigmund Romberg
	Songs	Sigmund Romberg
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert Burks
Editing	Editor	William H. Ziegler
Art	Art Direction	Stanley Fleischer
	Set Decoration	William L. Kuehl
Department	Role	Name

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