Victor Mature stars as Zarek Khan and he is sentanced to be flogged to death for kissing his fathers youngest wife Salma (Anita Ekberg).
Zarek is saved by the pleadings of an elderly religious leader and soon developes into one of the most feared warriors in the entire region.
Over time there developes a respectiful feud between Zarek and a British officer named Ingram (Michael Wilding). They have several battle back and fourth and zarek begins to respect his rival.
The battle scenes are spectacular in this technicolor epic. On a sad note, stuntman Jack Kelley was killled in the making of this film in one of the many horse stunts and Mature offered to pay for the funeral.
The rest of the cast includes Bonar Colleano, Eunice Grayson, Finlay Currie, Eddie Byrne, Peter Illing and Patrick McGoohan.
If you're a fan of these kinds of movies, you'll like this, and Ekberg looks like a million dollars, as usual. She alone is the reason I checked out the film, and I do like watching her dance.
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