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Desert Legion is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Pevney released in USA on 8 may 1953 with Alan Ladd
Desert Legion (1953)
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Add to a movie listDesert Legion is a 1953 American action film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alan Ladd, Arlene Dahl, Richard Conte and Akim Tamiroff.
^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
Synopsis
Ladd stars as a soldier in the French foreign legion who stumbles across a lost city in the mountains of Algeria.Actors
Alan Ladd
(Paul Lartal)
Arlene Dahl
(Morjana)
Richard Conte
(Crito)
Akim Tamiroff
(Pvt. Plevko)
Leon Askin
(Major Vasil)
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