During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed him to be dead, is informed that he may be alive in Libya - prompting him to set out and search for him.
Donald Sinden
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
Anthony Steel
as Capt. David Holland
Anna Maria Sandri
as Mabrouka ben Yussef
André Morell
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
Donald Pleasence
as Ali
Ralph Truman
as Major Cross
Terence Sharkey
as Daoud Holland
Anton Diffring
as Senior German Officer
Anthony Bushell
as Ambassador Baring
Michael Craig
as Sheikh Faris
Frederick Jaeger
as Koch
Derek Sydney
as Interpreter
