During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed him to be dead, is informed that he may be alive in Libya - prompting him to set out and search for him.

• The Rank Organisation
• Donald Sinden
• Anthony Steel
• Anna Maria Sandri
• André Morell
• Donald Pleasence
• Ralph Truman
• Terence Sharkey
• Anton Diffring