The Dupes (1972)

Overview : The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land." A masterful adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novel Men Under the Sun, The Dupes is also one of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian predicament.

Release Date : September 30, 1972

Runtime : 107m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : National Film Organization

Countries : Syrian Arab Republic

Keywords : based on novel or book, escape, tanker, heat, desert