Baker (Academy Award nominee Anthony Quayle, 1969, Best Supporting Actor, Anne of the Thousand Days), a private in the British army during the 1880s, finds himself in the middle of Barash while it is under siege by Mahdi forces. Finding a boat to escape, he brings fellow soldier Murchison (Derek Fowlds, TV's "Yes Minister"), a governess (Sylvia Sims, The Queen) and the daughter of an emir (Jenny Agutter, Logan's Run). Traveling down the
