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The Lion and the Desert

The Lion and the Desert

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

  • Director

    Moustapha Akkad

  • Cast

    Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
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