Drums of the Desert

1940 PG-13 1h 4m

5.5 / 10 4

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5.5/10

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On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali.

Director George Waggner

Writers

Dorothy Davenport John T. Neville George Waggner

Stars

Ralph Byrd Lorna Gray George Lynn

Captain Jean Bridaux (as George Peter Lynn)

Willy Castello

Addullah (as William Castello)

Mantan Moreland

Sergeant 'Blue' Williams

Jean Del Val

Colonel Fouchet (as Jean Del-Val)

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Geronimo1967 23 Jun 2022

6/10

Ralph Byrd is really pretty poor here as "Lt. Paul Dupont", an officer in the French Foreign Legion sent to Morocco to train an elite squadron of paratroopers. On his way across on the boat from France, he meets "Helene Laroche" (Lorna Gray) and they have a brief romance before they realise that she is engaged to his best friend George Lynn ("Capt. Bridaux") who is also stationed at the same fort....