Station Six Sahara (1963)

Set in an isolated oil pipeline station in the Sahara, five men (Peter Van Eyck, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott, Mario Adorf, Hansjorg Felmy) live under a great deal of tension in the desert heat. It doesn't help that they share a mutual dislike for each other. The tension only increases when a car crashes at their site in the middle of the night containing a beautiful unconscious blonde (Carroll Baker). Based on the play MEN WITHOUT A PAST by Jean Martet (previously filmed in France in 1938 as S.O.S. SAHARA) and directed by Seth Holt (TASTE OF FEAR). Despite her star billing, Carroll Baker's character doesn't come into the film until the movie's second half. The film is about the men and the mounting tension between them and she serves as a catalyst for that tension. It's a well made film although it's yet another film where the woman is viewed as some sort of Lilith who causes all kinds of trouble by seducing men. Nicely shot in B&W by Gerald Gibbs (WHISKEY GALORE) with exteriors filmed in Libya. With Biff McGuire and Harry Baird.