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Station Six-Sahara

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Five lonely men are stationed at an international oil rig in the Sahara desert. The leader of the group, the German Kramer (Peter Van Eyck), forms a rivalry with the newest member of the group, another German named Martin. When a car crashes into the station, the workers rescue a beautiful American, Catherine (Carroll Baker), and her jealous husband, Jimmy. Catherine plays with the affections of both Kramer and Martin, making the already tense atmosphere at the base even more strained.

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David Thompson Sight & Sound As Station Six Sahara demonstrates, [Seth Holt] had a remarkable gift for conjuring atmosphere, combined with an astute direction of actors (all are excellent) and a masterly use of montage. Jul 26, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A misfire. Rated: C+ Aug 15, 2015 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B+ Feb 6, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Relatively obscure little gem that focuses on how a team of oil station workers have their isolated life routine literally crashed into by an alluring woman and her ex-husband. While distributors of Station Six-Sahara wanted to capitalize on Carroll Baker's emerging sexpot persona, the real draw here is the script by Brian Clemens and Bryan Forbes. Clever and insightful, the film works more as a character study of male group dynamics and individual eccentricities than erotic potboiler. Denholm Elliott and Ian Bannen are great as almost proto versions of Winchester and Hawkeye. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member I fell in love with this movie as a teenager seeing it on TV. IMHO, S.S.S. is *the* textbook example of an intense early 60s genre "art film" (complete with the audio background of the constant bang-bang-bang of the oil field pump) with suspenseful pacing, impeccable photography and some stellar performances on the parts of Ian Bannen (especially) and Van Eyck. I'm sure Baker was meant to be the major "draw" but her performance is, of course, eclipsed by the parameters of the part and her own somewhat limited talents. The comedic subplot of a letter-from-home-starved Bannen buying a piece of one of the other worker's mail is brilliant. This isn't a "cult classic" but it absolutely *should* be. One of the only films I know of during that time period that was a truly cooperative venture between three different countries and rightly nominated for a British film award. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Five lonely men are stationed at an international oil rig in the Sahara desert. The leader of the group, the German Kramer (Peter Van Eyck), forms a rivalry with the newest member of the group, another German named Martin. When a car crashes into the station, the workers rescue a beautiful American, Catherine (Carroll Baker), and her jealous husband, Jimmy. Catherine plays with the affections of both Kramer and Martin, making the already tense atmosphere at the base even more strained.
Director
Seth Holt
Screenwriter
Brian Clemens
Production Co
CCC Filmkunst GmbH
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 39m