Lion of the Desert

Funded by Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi, this epic stars Anthony Quinn as Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan warrior who led his country into battle against Mussolini’s armored troops for control of North Africa’s deserts between 1929 and 1931., Anthony Quinn plays Omar Mukhtar in this war epic of ’20s Libya. Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas. Diodiece: Raf Vallone. Salem: Andrew Keir. Tomelli: Gastone Moschin. Directed by Moustapha Akkad.