"Hotter than the Sahara"
In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.
Social & External
The people behind it
Gina Lollobrigida
Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci
Jean-Claude Pascal
Pierre Martel
Arletty
Blanche
Raymond Pellegrin
Mario
Peter van Eyck
Fred
Jean Témerson
Xavier Noblet
Jean Hébey
Police commissioner
Jo Dest
Karl, boss of the bistro
Paul Amiot
Captain (uncredited)
Odette Barencey
Gertrude (uncredited)
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