Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

John Seal Victor Mature plays the title character in this set in Afghanistan but shot in Burma adventure. Zarak is an Afghani tribesman given a choice: either be flogged to death or expelled from his village for the crime of kissing the wrong woman (Anita Ekberg). He takes up a life of crime and the British Army decides his reign of banditry must come to an end, dispatching Major Ingram (Michael Wilding) to sort things out. Ingram ends up getting into a spot of trouble — a spot only Zarak can rescue him from. Though Mature is (as usual) pretty bad and the politics (sexual and otherwise) hopelessly outdated, this is an interesting early example of work by the team that would later bring us Dr. No. — director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, and producer Albert Broccoli. A superb supporting cast, including Eric Pohlmann, Bonar Colleano, Finlay Currie, Patrick McGoohan, and Andre Morell helps matters, too.

kapu s prabhakara saw this movie at ganesha talkies in mysore,india(1957). was a big fan of victor mature those days.i think it was a big hit in india.in my opinion this movie was much better than the spielberg creations like(the raiders series).

uds3 It's interesting sitting down to write a review on a film you have only seen once - some forty five years ago! Just ten years old, perhaps on account of the striking name (ZARAK - how onomatopoeic? - better look that one up!) I have remembered the film clearly...perhaps Anita Ekberg was an early awakening for me?Victor Mature done up like bin Laden on a bad day, played the title role with gusto, the middle eastern outlaw, on the run from terribly British Michael Wilding as Major Ingram. He derring-do's with the best of them! This type of desert adventure was all the rage in the 50's, another biggie of its day as I recall, Tyrone Power in KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES!...but I digress!Probably most men in the audience (and I was inarguably male, even at that stage) will doubtless remember Ms Ekberg as Zarak's forbidden love Salma, rather inconveniently one of his father's wives. Unless I am mistaken, I seem to recall Zarak pacing around his exotic garden while Ms Ekberg, barely legally silked-up, was sashaying around him teasingly, singing "Climb up the Garden Wall," God, I'd like to see that again!So yeah, take it from a ten year old, this was a film that went off!

Nazi_Fighter_David In "Zarak", Victor Mature didn't take his own acting ability too seriously... but he had a special sense of humor and the art to play the mighty outlaw of the territory with great bravery and courage...Zarak Khan is in love with Salma... Salma is one of the wives of his hateful and offensive father Hajji Khan (Frederick Valk). Salma is the statuesque and voluptuous blonde Anita Ekberg, who remains the impossible love of the mighty rebel...Anita Ekberg burns up the screen with her sexy figure... She looks so radiant and beautiful in her oriental gown, it really flatters her figure... Anita, as always, is tasty and juicy, but acting is not something that she excels in... Her zest is evident in her romantic scenes with Mature, but she stands exposed in places that require serious emoting... The one dimensional portrayal of all the characters is something common to the genre... Michael Wilding is not bad as the British political officer in pursuit of Zarak...Shot in Morocco, and photographed in CinemaScope and Technicolor, "Zarak" is somewhat an entertaining adventure...