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Movie: Escape in the Desert
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Jean Sullivan
Jane
Philip Dorn
Philip Artveld
Irene Manning
Lora Tedder
Helmut Dantine
Capt. Becker
Alan Hale
Dr. Orville Tedder
Samuel S. Hinds
Gramp
Bill Kennedy
Hank Albright
Kurt Kreuger
Lt. Von Kleist
Rudolph Anders
Hoffman
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Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.
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1945-05-01
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