The Wind and the Lion

1975

Action / Adventure / Drama

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 63% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 11235 11.2K

early 1900s morocco political negotiations historical fiction desert colonialism

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Plot summary

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.

Director

John Milius Photo
John Milius

Top cast

Sean Connery Photo
Sean Connery as Raisuli
Antoine Saint-John Photo
Antoine Saint-John as Von Roerkel
Vladek Sheybal Photo
Vladek Sheybal as The Bashaw
Candice Bergen Photo
Candice Bergen as Eden Pedecaris
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
866.31 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds ...
1.84 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by John Chard 7 / 10

To Theodore Roosevelt - you are like the

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
Reviewed by 7 / 10

Fine old fashioned adventure story

While maybe people today wouldn't like Connery as a Berber, he really inhabits the role (as long as you ignore the scottish accent of course) and after a while, you don''t even notice. The story is mostly a contrasting of Roosevelt and Connery's character, but it works well and there's enough action and interesting locales to make this a solid flick.
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