The Power, the Sweep, the Spectacle of James Michener's Epic Desert Adventure!
This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.
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Anthony Quinn
Zulffiqar
Jennifer O'Neill
Ellen Jasper
Michael Sarrazin
Mark Miller
Christopher Lee
Sardar Khan
Joseph Cotten
Crandall
Barry Sullivan
Richardson
Behrouz Vossoughi
Nasrollah
Jeremy Kemp
Dr. Smythe
Duncan Quinn
Moheb
Mohammadali Keshavarz
Shakkur
Mohammad Taghi Kahnemoui
Maftoon
Behrouz Gueramian
Peasant boy
Parviz Gharib-Afshar
Nur Mohammad
Parviz Jafari
Fahimeh Amouzandeh
Mira
