Sahara
Determined to honor her late father, a daring young heiress disguises herself as a man and enters a brutal cross-Sahara car race, risking everything to win the competition and prove her strength in a world that refuses to see her as equal.
“She challenged the desert, its men, their passions and ignited a bold adventure.”
Synopsis
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.
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Principal cast & crew: 22
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Edited by Michael John BatemanShot by David GurfinkelScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Luciano Spadoni
Box Office
1983 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.1× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$1.4M
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Cast & Crew
22 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Brooke Shields
as Dale Gordon
Lambert Wilson
as Sheikh Ahmed al Jaffar
John Rhys Davies
as Ibrahim Rasoul
Horst Buchholz
as Heinrich von Glessing
Perry Lang
as Andy
Cliff Potts
as String
John Mills
as Cambridge
Steve Forrest
as R.J. Gordon
John Mills Nm0590055
as Cambridge
Ronald Lacey
as Lord Beg
Terrence Hardiman
as Captain Browne
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1Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
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