Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
Escape from Zahrain has generally received mixed reviews.
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Escape from Zahrain was released in 1962 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving Escape from Zahrain (1962) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Professional critics were more impressed with Escape from Zahrain than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 57%, Escape from Zahrain is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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