Sahara (2005) - Action Movies 124 minutes. Sahara - Le avventure di Dirk Pitt di Clive Cussler, Sahara, 撒哈拉奇兵. Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up. dying and death, civil war, based on novel or book, africa, warlord, rescue mission, treasure hunt, sahara desert, doctor, scientist, desert, historical event, ironclad ship, adventurer, american civil war, tuareg, plague, african tribe, mali, treasure hunter, lagos, river niger, unexplained deaths, world health organization, amused, exhilarated, former navy seal, confederate ship, neurologist, historical artifacts