This article is about the film. Not to be confused with sand sea. For examples of sand seas, see Great Sand Sea, Calanshio Sand Sea and Rebiana Sand Sea
For the design element used in Japanese gardens, see Adelaide Himeji Garden and Japanese rock garden.
Sea of Sand
British film poster
Directed by
Guy Green
Written by
Robert Westerby (Original story Sean Fielding)
Produced by
Robert S Baker & Monty Berman
Starring
Michael Craig
John Gregson
Richard Attenborough
Cinematography
Wilkie Cooper
Edited by
Gordon Pilkington
Music by
Clifton Parker
Production company
A Tempean Film
Distributed by
Rank Organisation
Release date
7 November 1958 (1958-11-07) (UK)
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Sea of Sand (released in the US as Desert Patrol) is a 1958 British war film starring Richard Attenborough, John Gregson and Michael Craig.[1] The film, which was directed by Guy Green, is about a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) during the North African Campaign in the Second World War. It was shot on location in the Kingdom of Libya.[2]
^"Sea of Sand (1958)". Archived from the original on 20 December 2017.
^Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880269 – via Google Books.
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