PETER CUSHING 'PIC OF THE WEEK No 1' CHRISTOPHER LEE AND KEVIN CONNOR

EVERY WEEK A SMASHING STILL PULLED FROM OUR FILES!

THIS WEEK: PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE BEHIND THE SCENES:

PETER CUSHING CHRISTOPHER LEE AND DIRECTOR KEVIN CONNOR ON THE SET OF 'ARABIAN ADVENTURE' AT PINEWOOD STUDIOS IN 1978. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR CHRISTOPHER LEE TO RETURN TO WORKING IN A UK STUDIO FOR OVER TWO YEARS. CHRISTOPHER LEE PLAYED THE WICKED CALIPH ALQUAZAR, HIS FIRST MACABRE ROLE IN ELEVEN FILMS. PETER CUSHING HAD A GUEST ROLE AS THE CAPTURED WAZIR AL WUZARA. THE FILM COMMENCED SHOOTING IN SEPTEMBER 1978 AND ALSO STARRED OLIVER TOBIAS, MILO O'SHEA AND EMMA SAMMS ALONG WITH MICKEY ROONEY.