The Sahara Is Burning (French: Le Sahara brûle) is a 1961 French adventure film directed by Michel Gast and starring Paul Guers, Jean Servais and Magali Noël. It is based on a novel of the same title by Gilles Perrault. It was made at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location took place in the desert outside Hassi Messaoud in Algeria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sydney Bettex and René Moulaert.
The young engineer Lucas Rimbaud is sent to the Sahara Desert to investigate whether the drilling for petroleum should continue or the project brought to a halt. Subsequently, a massive fire breaks out in the facility.