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West of Suez, released in the United States as The Fighting Wildcats, is a 1957 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Keefe Brasselle, Kay Callard and Karel Stepanek.[1]

West of Suez
U.S. theatrical poster
Directed by	Arthur Crabtree
Screenplay by	Norman Hudis
Based on	an original story by Charles F. Vetter (as Lance Hargreaves) and Norman Hudis
Produced by	Richard Gordon
Starring	Keefe Brasselle
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey (as James Harvey)
Edited by	Peter Mayhew
Music by	Wilfred Burns (uncredited)
Production company	Amalgamated Productions
Distributed by	Astral (UK)
Release date	1957
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

An adventurer is hired to assassinate the leader of an Arab movement advocating peace, but is unable to complete his mission.

Cast

• Keefe Brasselle as Brett Manders
• Kay Callard as Pat
• Karel Stepanek as Langford
• Ursula Howells as Eileen
• Bruce Seton as Major Osborne
• Richard Shaw as Cross
• Harry Fowler as Tommy
• Sheldon Lawrence as Jeff
• Alex Gallier as Ibrahim Sayed
• Maya Koumani as Men Hassa

Production

Braselle was meant to direct as well as star but could not get a permit to do so from the British trade union, so producer Richard Gordon had to replace him with Arthur Crabtree.[2]

Critical reception

TV Guide called it an "okay suspense story with a dull romantic subplot."[3]

References

External links

• West of Suez at IMDb

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