Plot:
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.
Type: movie (PG)
Original Title: Lion of the Desert
Directors: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War
Runtime: 2h 53m (10380s)
Rating: 8.2 (17212)
Released on: May 16, 1981 (Japan)
Origins: United States, Libya
Filming Locations: Libya