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The Lion Of The Desert

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The year is 1929 and dictator Mussolini, infuriated by the 20 year war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation, orders his new military Governor (Oliver Reed) to crush the Bedouins and capture their leader, Mukhtar, played by Anthony Quinn. But Mukhtar has other plans and leads his men on a fearless battle to rid Africa of an Italian empire forever.

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Director	Moustapha Akkad
Starring	Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, John Gielgud, Rod Steiger, Oliver Reed
Genre	Contemporary Film
Country	USA	Language	ENGLISH	Year	1980

Technical Details

Certificate	15	Length	156 mins	Label	ANBAY
Cat No	ABP9029	Format	DVD	Colour
Region	2

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