Title: Sword in the Desert
Summary: In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
Directed by: George Sherman
Actors: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally
Production Company: Universal International Pictures (UI)
Release Date: 31 October 1949 (Sweden)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cynical freighter captain Mike Dillon hopes to take the money and run after helping to smuggle Jewish refugees ashore in pre-Israel Palestine. But against his will, he's drawn into the escalating fight between British occupation forces and the founders of Israel. In a battle doubly terrible because the audience sympathizes with both sides, how long can Mike remain a bystander?
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