IMDB: 8.4 May 16, 1981 173 min Drama History Biography War Libya United States Moustapha Akkad Anthony Quinn Rod Steiger Irene Papas Oliver Reed
Lion of the Desert: In nineteen twenty-nine, 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.
