Lion of the Desert

Second part of Rod Steiger's introduction as Benito Mussolini, circa 1931, instructing his new governor General Graziani (Oliver Reed) on the challenges of Libya, early in Lion Of The Desert, 1981.

Now hiding with his rebel forces in the Libyan mountains, Omar Muktar (Anthony Quinn) rejects the entreaties of Sharif El Gariani (John Gielgud) to surrender, then director Moustapha Akkad's impressive look at refugees, in Lion Of The Desert, 1981.

As a wedding party enters his Libyan town, rebel leader Omar Muktar (Anthony Quinn) learns from Bu-Matari (Takis Emmanuel) that Italian dictator Mussolini has sent a dreaded new governor, in Lion Of The Desert, 1981.

Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) is the Lion of the Desert (1981), preventing a takeover of Libya by Italian Fascist troops.