Plot: An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in Dorset at the age of 46, then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916, he is given leave to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I. In the desert, he organizes a guerrilla army and--for two years--leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raids, train-wrecking and camel attacks. Eventually, he leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire.
Runtime: 216 mins
Release Date: 29 Jan 1962
Starcast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray, John Dimech, Zia Mohyeddin, Howard Marion-Crawford, Jack Gwillim, Hugh Miller, Robert Rietty, John Barry, Bruce Beeby, Fred Bennett, John Bennett, Steve Birtles, Robert Bolt, Peter Burton, J.R.M. Chapman, Tim Clutterbuck, Barbara Cole, John Crewdson, Basil Dignam, Peter Dukelow, Kenneth Fortescue, Harry Fowler, Mohamed Habachi, Jack Hedley, Rafael Hernández, Bert Holliday, Noel Howlett, Cher Kaoiu, Patrick Kavanagh, David Lean, Ian MacNaughton, Clive Morton, Daniel Moynihan, Henry Oscar, George Plimpton, Bryan Pringle, Kamal Rashid, John Robinson, Norman Rossington, John Ruddock, Fernando Sancho, Stuart Saunders, Cyril Shaps, Roy Stevens, Barry Warren,
Director(s): David Lean
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War, ,
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/
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IMDb Rating: 8.3/10 (336906 votes)
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