During WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia..

Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s adventure films and want to see Paul Robeson command a screen, sure. But if you need a tight script or a story that makes sense all the way to the end, maybe skip it. It feels like someone took a bunch of desert footage and tried to staple a plot onto it while ...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s adventure films and want to see Paul Robeson command a screen, sure. But if you need a tight script or a story that makes sense all the way to the end, maybe skip it. It feels like someone took a bunch of desert footage and tried to staple a plot onto it while running out of glue. The whole thing starts with a firing squad. That part is actually pretty tense. Then, suddenly, we’re in Arabia and the movie just sort of forgets to keep the..."
Henry Aubin
Peter Ruric, Robert N. Lee, Walter Futter, George Barraud
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