Sudan
Directed by	John Rawlins
Screenplay by	Edmund L. Hartmann
Produced by	Paul Malvern
Starring	Maria Montez Jon Hall Turhan Bey
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Music by	Milton Rosen
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 18, 1945 (1945-04-18) (United States)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	2,001,907 admissions (France)[1]

Sudan is a 1945 American Technicolor adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Turhan Bey.

It was the last film Montez made for over a year due to fights with Universal.^[2]

Plot

Young, lovely Naila becomes queen of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of Khemis when her father is killed in a slave revolt. Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she seeks out rebel leader Herua. But through palace treachery, she herself is captured and enslaved. After various adventures, she finds herself rescued by (and attracted to) the very rebel she was seeking. Will gratitude or revenge win out?

Cast

• Maria Montez as Queen Naila
• Jon Hall as Merab
• Turhan Bey as Herua
• Andy Devine as Nebka
• George Zucco as Horadef
• Robert Warwick as Maatet
• Philip Van Zandt as Setna (as Phil Van Zandt)
• Harry Cording as Uba
• George Lynn as Bata
• Charles Arnt as Khafre
• James Dime as a guard^[3]
• Tor Johnson as a slaver^[4]

Production

During development the film was called The Queen of the Nile.^[5] It was described as a "successor to Arabian Nights".^[6]

Production began in June 1944.^[7] In January of the following year the title was changed to Sudan.^[8]

It was the one collaboration between Montez and Hall where she wound up with another man at the end (Bey).^[9]