Adventure

The Wind and the Lion

- Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

Release Date : 1975-05-22

Language :GermanArabicFrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli

Original Name : Sean Connery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eden Pedecaris

Original Name : Candice Bergen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Theodore Roosevelt

Original Name : Brian Keith

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Hay

Original Name : John Huston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samuel Gummere

Original Name : Geoffrey Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Jerome

Original Name : Steve Kanaly

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Bashaw

Original Name : Vladek Sheybal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sherif of Wazan

Original Name : Nadim Sawalha

Gender : Male

Character Name : Admiral Chadwick

Original Name : Roy Jenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Roosevelt

Original Name : Deborah Baxter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Quentin Roosevelt

Original Name : Jack Cooley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kermit Roosevelt

Original Name : Chris Aller

Gender : Male

Character Name : William Pedecaris

Original Name : Simon Harrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jennifer Pedecaris

Original Name : Polly Gottesman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Von Roerkel

Original Name : Antoine Saint-John

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ugly Arab

Original Name : Aldo Sambrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gayaan The Terrible

Original Name : Luis Barboo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dreighton

Original Name : Darrell Fetty

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Sultan

Original Name : Marc Zuber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Joseph

Original Name : Billy Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edith Roosevelt

Original Name : Shirley Rothman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine Sgt.

Original Name : Rusty Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Cabot Lodge

Original Name : Larry Cross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elihu Root

Original Name : Alex Weldon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese General

Original Name : Akio Mitamura

Gender : Male

Character Name : President's Aide

Original Name : Frank Gassman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Hitchcock

Original Name : Audrey San Felix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sketch Artist

Original Name : Ben Tatar

Gender : Male

Character Name : President's Secretary

Original Name : Michael Damian

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 great desert epics of the past - with tongue firmly in cheek. It's funny, thrilling, and is in turn boosted by a soaring Goldsmith score and stunning natural location photography. However, lets not be swept up in it all to not notice it's a vastly inaccurate observation on US interventions. It is unashamedly a flag waving piece of jingoism, but the myth making gusto of it all, with all its entertainment values, makes it a sort of serial piece of fluff entertainment. Not even Connery's Scottish brogue can detract from the fun of his Berber chief Raisuli - or Bergen turning into Lara Croft at one point... But with Brian Keith excellent as Teddy Roosevelt, historical truths be damned. Seek out the real story behind the events of the story being told here and just have a good cinematic time. 7.5/10