Yul Brynner plays politician Sharif who is derived from a paddy wagon on his method to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other detainees kidnap a rescue as well as head right into the Arabian desert with the authorities in warm search. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo revealing his acting skills, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as a staff member of Zahrain oil who was associated with embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a registered nurse that comes to be psychologically involved in the procedures.