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26 October 1975 (UK) moreTagline:
Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.Plot:
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Milius has a strong interest in TR, and this is an enjoyable adventure based loosely on a true incident during TR's presidency. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Connery | ... | Raisuli | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Eden Pedecaris | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| John Huston | ... | John Hay | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Gummere | |
| Steve Kanaly | ... | Capt. Jerome | |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | The Bashaw | |
| Nadim Sawalha | ... | Sherif of Wazan | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Admiral Chadwick | |
| Deborah Baxter | ... | Alice Roosevelt | |
| Jack Cooley | ... | Quentin Roosevelt | |
| Chris Aller | ... | Kermit Roosevelt | |
| Simon Harrison | ... | William Pedecaris | |
| Polly Gottesmann | ... | Jennifer Pedecaris (as Polly Gottesman) | |
| Antoine Saint-John | ... | Von Roerkel (as Antoine St. John) |
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119 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG (certificate #24156) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:12Fun Stuff
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The final battle took two weeks to film. Real dynamite was used. Four American stuntmen did all the horse falls. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The Raisouli and his followers pray while the muezzin is calling. In fact, the actual praying is done after the muezzin finishes - it's his job to remind the faithful to go pray. This is a common mistake in Hollywood productions, possibly done for dramatic purposes. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Eden: Don't you agree that the most important part of the meal is the wine? Everything must follow the wine. And in this case, I should favor a Red Bordeaux.
Sir Joseph: A Red Bordeaux at lunch? Your late husband would never have approved.
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Sean Connery is very good as the Great Raisuli, Lord of the Rif and Defender of the Faithful. This is an adventure movie with Arabs, Germans and the USMC all coming to grips at one point or another. There is also a lot of humor in the interplay among the main and supporting characters. The story is based on the true incident in which a wealthy Greek-American businessman was kidnapped by the Raisuli in the early 1900s. Milius has substituted Candace Bergen and her two children as the victims of the kidnapping, and this opens the story to a lot of literary license.
On the other hand, the movie gives Milius the opportunity to remind the viewer of two of the most famous (though mostly forgotten) political quotations of the TR era. Brian Keith (very good as TR) says, "Pedecaris alive or the Raisuli dead!"; and John Huston (also good as Sec of State John Hay)asks the Japanese Ambassador at a White House dinner, "You likee knifee, you likee forkee?"