Top billed cast

1. 

   Peter O'Toole

   T.E. Lawrence

2. 

   Alec Guinness

   Prince Feisal

3. 

   Omar Sharif

   Sherif Ali

4. 

   Anthony Quinn

   Auda abu Tayi

5. 

   Jack Hawkins

   General Allenby

6. 

   José Ferrer

   Turkish Bey

7. 

   Anthony Quayle

   Colonel Harry Brighton

8. 

   Claude Rains

   Mr. Dryden

9. 

   Arthur Kennedy

   Jackson Bentley

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-09-24

This is obviously an epic film, lasting nearly four hours with the wide, sweeping desert vistas and huge cast. It describes a fairly brief period of time out of a remarkable man’s life. I wonder how modern viewers handle the length of the movie, accustomed as they are to movies this lengthy featuring superheroes with humor and almost constant action.

I don’t even remember how long ago I originally watched Lawrence of Arabia —quite possibly forty or more years ago. It has aged pretty well overall. The only negative thing that struck me when I recently re-watched it may well be due to ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$70,000,000.00

Keywords

• cairo
• world war i
• arabian
• horse
• jerusalem
• british army
• british empire
• damascus
• camel
• based on true story
• historical fiction
• quicksand
• desert
• arab
• thoughtful
• ottoman empire
• provocative