Top billed cast

1. 

   Sean Connery

   Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli

2. 

   Candice Bergen

   Eden Pedecaris

3. 

   Brian Keith

   Theodore Roosevelt

4. 

   John Huston

   John Hay

5. 

   Geoffrey Lewis

   Samuel Gummere

6. 

   Steve Kanaly

   Capt. Jerome

7. 

   Vladek Sheybal

   The Bashaw

8. 

   Nadim Sawalha

   Sherif of Wazan

9. 

   Roy Jenson

   Admiral Chadwick

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-01-05

To Theodore Roosevelt - you are like the Wind and I like the Lion.

The Wind and the Lion is written and directed by John Milius and stars Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston and Geoffrey Lewis. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Billy Williams.

In early twentieth century Morocco, a Berber Sharif kidnaps an American woman and her children, forcing President Theodore Roosevelt to send in forces to conduct a rescue mission.

On basic terms it was meant to be a sly attack on American colonialism, what we actually get is a wonderful collage of homages to g...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,500,000.00

Revenue
$9,200,000.00

Keywords

• morocco
• political negotiations
• historical fiction
• desert
• colonialism
• berber
• abduction
• 1900s