Zarak

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Zarak is a 1956 film based on the novel by A.J. Bevan.

Set in northern India, (though filmed in Morocco), the film starred Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg, and -- in a small part -- Patrick McGoohan. Often classified as a minor piece of "escapism," this 99-minute film nevertheless boasted a surprising amount of emerging film talent. Ted Moore, who handled some of the Technicolor/CinemaScope photography, later performed similar work on the early James Bond films, and art director John Box and costume designer Phyllis Dalton later won Oscars for their work on Doctor Zhivago. Richard Maibaum, who adapted A.J. Bevan's novel, went on to adapt such Ian Fleming novels as Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Similarly, the Director, Terence Young and the Producer, Albert R. Broccoli went on to create the Bond movies.