This desert adventure first shows Cary Grant being dragged into a Sudan prison where he witnesses a group of already imprisoned enemies of his captors being shot to death by a firing squad. Certain that he will be next, Grant is shocked when one of the officers (Claude Rains) turns out to be his rescuer. He returns to civilization, falls in love with nurse Gertrude Michael and later discovers that she is married. Rains returns, realizes the truth about his wife, and sets out to confront the man he rescued.
Adventure, romance and possible revenge are the orders of the day in this fast-moving gun and sandals where Grant is literally saved by the enemy as Rains confronts him. It is difficult to watch this scene without laughing because of the way the cameras speed up in the editing process to make the enemies move super fast.
The scenes following the confrontation are fraught with tension and the performances from both Grant and Rains are superb. Set in a part of the world during the great war other than Europe, this is exciting from start to finish. Certainly, there are a ton of clichés, but sometimes that is exactly what makes these movies so much fun.
Adventure, romance and possible revenge are the orders of the day in this fast-moving gun and sandals where Grant is literally saved by the enemy as Rains confronts him. It is difficult to watch this scene without laughing because of the way the cameras speed up in the editing process to make the enemies move super fast.
The scenes following the confrontation are fraught with tension and the performances from both Grant and Rains are superb. Set in a part of the world during the great war other than Europe, this is exciting from start to finish. Certainly, there are a ton of clichés, but sometimes that is exactly what makes these movies so much fun.