{"id":95182,"date":"2024-01-28T01:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T08:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95182"},"modified":"2024-02-10T01:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T08:33:32","slug":"station-six-sahara-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95182","title":{"rendered":"Station Six Sahara (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What kind of a place is this, anyway?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Poster.png 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAt a remote desert pump station run by a dictatorial German (Peter van Eyck), the sudden appearance of a sultry woman (Carroll Baker) and her husband (Biff McGuire) stirs tensions among the bored men &#8212; including a quiet Spaniard named Santos (Mario Adorf), a recently arrived German named Martin (J\u00f6rg Felmy), and a Scotsman (Ian Bannen) who takes pleasure in baiting an Englishman (Denholm Elliott).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carroll Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Denholm Elliott Films<\/li>\n<li>Deserts<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis German-British co-production about boredom, power dynamics, and sexual rivalry at a remote work station in the Sahara Desert was directed by Seth Holt, and co-scripted by Brian Clemens and Bryan Forbes, adapting a 1938 German film based on a play by Jean Martet. The first half of the movie slowly builds tension as we see how these five men manage their hours in the broiling heat under the leadership of a petty martinet (van Eyck), who insists they all play poker with him each day according to his rules. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-1024x594.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker-466x270.png 466w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Poker.png 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an intriguing subplot has Bannen offering Elliott an entire month&#8217;s pay in exchange for taking one of the letters he&#8217;s received from home, taunting him thereafter for having given up ownership of his own (unknown) news. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Letter2.png 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stakes &#8212; and priorities &#8212; shift once again when Baker and McGuire come barreling up to the station, resulting in a car accident which leaves McGuire severely wounded and Baker conveniently ripe for pursuit. While Baker gives a deliciously unhinged performance as a <em>femme fatale<\/em>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker-451x270.png 451w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Baker.png 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the storyline doesn&#8217;t seem to have anywhere interesting to go with her, other than of course watching to see who may manage to seduce her (or not), and how her husband will react. It&#8217;s a disappointing trajectory for a film with such a unique setting and fine supporting performances by the cast (especially Bannen, Baker, and Elliott); this one is worth a one-time look but not must-see viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ian Bannen as Fletcher<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen-468x270.png 468w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Bannen.png 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carroll Baker as Catherine Starr<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2-462x270.png 462w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Baker2.png 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Denholm Elliott as Macey<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott-463x270.png 463w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-Sahara-Elliott.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gerald Gibbs&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-1024x592.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck-467x270.png 467w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Station-Six-van-Eyck.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ron Grainer&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s unusual enough to check out once.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057527\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/station-six-sahara\/review\/2000275706\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10190\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What kind of a place is this, anyway?&#8221; Synopsis: At a remote desert pump station run by a dictatorial German (Peter van Eyck), the sudden appearance of a sultry woman (Carroll Baker) and her husband (Biff McGuire) stirs tensions among the bored men &#8212; including a quiet Spaniard named Santos (Mario Adorf), a recently arrived German named Martin (J\u00f6rg Felmy), and a Scotsman (Ian Bannen) who takes pleasure in baiting an Englishman (Denholm Elliott). 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