LION OF THE DESERT (25TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DISC SET)

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: 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 of Gladiator) and increasingly furious dictator Benito Mussollini (Academy Award winner Rod Steiger), Oscar winner John Gielgud co-stars with a cast of thousands in this action-packed epic produced and directed by Moustapha Akkad (The Message) that remains one of the most provocative historical dramas of our time.
• Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Andrew Keir, Gastone Moschin, Stefano Patrizi, Adolfo Lastretti, Sky Dumont, Takis Emmanuel, Rodolfo Bigotti, Robert Brown, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Luciano Bartoli, Claudio Gora, Giordano Falzoni, Franco Fantasia, Ihab Werfali, Loris Bazzocchi, Filippo De Gara, George Sweeney, Luciano Catenacci, Pietro Brambilla, Pietro Tordi, Massimiliano Baratta, Mario Feliciani, Gianfranco Barra, Piero Gerlini, Lino Capolicchio, Benito Mussolini, Mario Adorf, Claudio Cassinelli, Mark Colleano, Tom Felleghy, Scott Fensome, Angelo Ragusa, Moustapha Akkad
• Director: Moustapha Akkad
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Anchor Bay
• Media Format: movie