The Lebanese Mission (1956)

The Lebanese Mission (also known as Châtelaine du Liban, La) is a 1956 French thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale and Jean Servais. Omar Sharif also appeared, in one of his earliest film roles. The film starts with two scientists launching an expedition exploring for uranium out in the Arabian desert, but they soon find themselves entangled in a web of espionage.

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