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Desert Legion poster

Desert Legion Cast & Characters

Desert Legion (1953) stars Alan Ladd as Paul Lartal, Richard Conte as Crito and Arlene Dahl as Morjana. The adventure movie was released May 8, 1953. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1953 · 1h 26m 61 Audience
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Starring Cast
A
Alan Ladd
Paul Lartal
R
Richard Conte
Crito
A
Arlene Dahl
Morjana
A
Akim Tamiroff
Pvt. Plevko
O
Oscar Beregi Sr.
Khalil (as Oscar Berefi)
L
Leon Askin
Major Vasil
Key crew
Director
Joseph Pevney
Screenplay
Irving Wallace , Lewis Meltzer
Based on
Georges Arthur Surdez
Producers
Ted Richmond
Music
Frank Skinner
Cinematography
John F. Seitz
Editor
Frank Gross
Costume design
Bill Thomas

Full cast

12 cast members
Alan Ladd
Paul Lartal
Richard Conte
Crito
Arlene Dahl
Morjana
Akim Tamiroff
Pvt. Plevko
Oscar Beregi Sr.
Khalil (as Oscar Berefi)
Leon Askin
Major Vasil
Anthony Caruso
Lt. Messaoud
George J. Lewis
Lt. Lopez
Sujata Rubener
Dancer (as Sujata)
Asoka Rubener
Dancer (as Asoka)
Eric Feldary
Legionnaire (uncredited)
John George
Dwarf (uncredited)

Crew by department

24 crew members

Editing

Frank Gross
Editor