Title：Lion of the Desert Year：1980 Rated：PG Genre：Biography / Drama / History Language：English / Arabic / Italian Country：Libya / United States Director：Moustapha Akkad Writer：H.A.L. Craig / David Butler / Paul Thompson Actors：Anthony Quinn / Oliver Reed / Rod Steiger Plot：In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
