Desert Legion
Desert Legion is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alan Ladd.
Plot
Ladd stars as a soldier in the French [Foreign Legion] who stumbles across a lost city in the desert mountains of Algeria in North Africa.Cast
- Alan Ladd as Paul Lartal
- Richard Conte as Crito
- Arlene Dahl as Morjana
- Akim Tamiroff as Pvt. Plevko
- Oscar Beregi as Khalil
- Leon Askin as Major Vasil
- Anthony [Caruso |Anthony Caruso] as Lt. Messaoud
- George J. Lewis as Lt. Lopez
- Sujata Rubener as Dancer
- Asoka Rubener as Dancer
Production
It was Alan Ladd's first film for Universal since becoming a star. It was a one-picture deal and gave Ladd a percentage of the profits, a relatively novel thing at the time. Joseph Pevney was assigned to direct.
Ladd had broken his hand during a fight scene towards the end of his most recent film The Iron Mistress, but recovered to begin work on Desert Legion on 7 July 1952.
Akim Tamiroff joined the support cast. It was his first Hollywood film in three years.