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Zarak
Sign in to saveZarak is a 1956 CinemaScope adventure film 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. It was written by Richard Maibaum based on the 1949 book The Story of Zarak Khan by A.J. Bevan.
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5.4A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Cast
- Victor Mature as Zarak Khan
- Anita Ekberg as Salma
- Michael Wilding as Maj. Michael Ingram
- Bonar Colleano as Biri (Zarak's brother)
- Eunice Gayson as Cathy Ingram
- Finlay Currie as The Mullah
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
459 votes
- Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 665917
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- publication date
- 1956-01-01
- title
- Zarak
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11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Development
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Release
- Reception
- Legacy
- See also
- References
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Zarak is a 1956 CinemaScope adventure film 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. It was written by Richard Maibaum based on the 1949 book The Story of Zarak Khan by A.J. Bevan.
==Plot== Zarak Khan is the son of chief Haji who is caught embracing one of his father's wives, Salma. Zarak's father sentences both to torture and death but they are saved by The Mullah, an imam. The exiled Zarak becomes a bandit chief and an enemy of the British Empire.
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