Hotel Sahara

Date: 1951
Director: Ken Annakin
Production Company: Tower Films

Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson
Location(s): Buckinghamshire (Studio)

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Storyline:

During the Second World War, the proprietors of a desert hotel are caught between opposing armies and shift their allegiance to whichever side controls the area.

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Screen capture by Phil Wilkinson

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  • 24 Jan 2023

The titular Sahara Hotel in a production which, apart from a few frames of stock footage, was shot entirely on sets at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.

Realising that a comparison shot is extremely unlikely, Antony Blair settled on taking this view of the main entrance at Pinewood Studios.