---
title: 'Rope of Sand (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Dieterle'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rope-of-sand-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041822/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rope of Sand (1950)

1950 · 104 min · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Rope of Sand is a 1949 American adventure-suspense film noir directed by William Dieterle, produced by Hal Wallis, and starring Burt Lancaster and three stars from Wallis's Casablanca – Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. The film introduces Corinne Calvet and features Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, and Kenny Washington in supporting roles. The picture is set in South West Africa. Desert portions of the film were shot in Yuma, Arizona.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Doniger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-doniger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang)

## Cast

- [Edmund Breon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-breon)
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [Rodd Redwing](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodd-redwing)
- [Paul Henreid](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-henreid)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Everett Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-brown)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Joel Fluellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-fluellen)
- [Hayden Rorke](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayden-rorke)
- [Kenny Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenny-washington)
- [Sam Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-jaffe)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Claude Rains](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rains)
- [John Bromfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bromfield)
- [Georges Renavent](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-renavent)

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