"The Wind and The Lion" 1975

The Wind and the Lion is a 1975Metrocolor adventure film in Panavisionwritten and directed by John Milius. It starred Sean Connery, Candice Bergen,Brian Keith and John Huston. It was based somewhat on the real-lifePerdicaris incident of 1904.

This movie blends historic facts into a violent fictional adventure in which an American woman, Eden Perdicaris (played by Bergen), and her two children are kidnapped by Berber brigand Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli (Connery), promptingU.S. President Theodore Roosevelt(Keith) to send an armed invasion and rescue mission to Morocco. (The realPerdicaris incident involved the kidnapping of a middle-aged man and his stepson, who were not harmed.)

The film was produced by Herb Jaffethrough Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (which at the time had U.S. distribution throughUnited Artists) and Columbia Pictures(which handled international distribution).

Cast List

Sean Connery as the RaisuliCandice Bergen as Eden PedecarisBrian Keith as President Theodore RooseveltJohn Huston as Secretary of StateJohn HayGeoffrey Lewis as Samuel R. GummereVladek Sheybal as the Bashaw of TangierSteve Kanaly as Captain JeromeRoy Jenson as Admiral ChadwickNadim Sawalha as the Sherif of WazanDarrell Fetty as Vice-Consul Richard DreightonMarc Zuber as Sultan AbdelazizAntoine Saint-John as Von RoerkelSimon Harrison as William PedecarisPolly Gottesman as Jennifer PedecarisDeborah Baxter as Alice RooseveltJack Cooley as Quentin RooseveltChris Aller as Kermit RooseveltAldo Sambrell as Ugly ArabLuis Barboo as Gayaan the TerribleBilly Williams as Sir Joshua SmithShirley Rothman as Edith RooseveltRusty Cox as Marine SergeantLarry Cross as Senator Henry Cabot LodgeAlexander Weldon as Elihu Root, Secretary of WarDr. Akio Mitamura as Japanese AmbassadorBill Linnehan as President's AideAudrey San Felix as Miss HitchcockBen Tatar as Sketch ArtistMichel Damian as President's SecretaryJohn Milius as the One-armed military advisor