Directed by:
Moustapha AkkadScreenplay:
H.A.L. CraigCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Andrew Keir, Gastone Moschin, Stefano Patrizi, Adolfo Lastretti, Sky du Mont (more)VOD (1)
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Two-time Oscar® winner Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, the brilliant Bedouin leader who waged a 20-year guerilla war against the invading Italian tank armies led by General Rodolfo 'The Butcher' Graziani (Oliver Reed) and increasingly furious fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (Academy Award® winner Rod Steiger). (Shout! Factory)
Cast
Mario Feliciani
Italy
Best movies:
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
The Great War (1959)
Alfonso Giganti
Best movies:
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Alec Mango
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Robert Brown
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The 3rd Man (1949)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
George Sweeney
UK
Best movies:
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Victor Baring
UK
Best movies:
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Young Toscanini (1988)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Ewen Solon
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Franco Fantasia
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Waterloo (1970)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Amedeo Salamon
Best movies:
I Am Afraid (1977)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Bread and Chocolate (1973)
Piero Gerlini
Italy
Best movies:
The 13 Chairs (1969)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) (TV movie)
Filippo De Gara
Italy
Best movies:
Rodolfo Bigotti
Best movies:
State buoni... se potete (1983)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Stay as You Are (1978)
Giordano Falzoni
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
The Warning (1980)
Takis Emmanuel
Best movies:
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Electra (1962)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Angelo Ragusa
Best movies:
The Big Racket (1976)
Suburra (2015)
Hitchhike: Last House on the Left (1977)
Eleonora Stathopoulou
Best movies:
Iphigenia (1977)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Loris Bazzocchi
Italy
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Rossana Canghiari
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)